Where does RPS Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RPS Group, Inc. ranks #19,097 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does RPS Group, Inc. hold?

RPS Group, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is RPS Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RPS Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RPS Group, Inc. focus on?

RPS Group, Inc.'s top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #98 of 516 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is RPS Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RPS Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for RPS Group, Inc.'s patents?

RPS Group, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the RPS Group, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

RPS Group, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RPS ranks #19,097 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,097
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19097 · Foreign Corporation #19,097 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,097/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Risen (SUZHOU)…
CPC-NARROW A47L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Risen (SUZHOU) Pharma Tech Co., Ltd. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How RPS’s 39.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.6 pts (24%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RPS Group · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RPS's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for RPS?

Each dot is one of RPS’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). RPS’s own 16.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

RPS vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where RPS's grants concentrate

RPS Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, RPS sits between Risen (SUZHOU) Pharma Tech Co., Ltd. and RWE Renewables GmbH.

RPS's three-year grant acceleration

RPS Group, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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Rolic

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RTG Scientific

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Runsafe Security

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RWE Renewables

15
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What this shows RPS holds 15 patents at rank #19,074, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RPS

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,074 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in RPS's primary technology class.

RPS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RPS Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	13.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does RPS Group, Inc. patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 8

A46B - Brushes 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

RPS Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RPS Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #19,097 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RPS Group, Inc. against Risen (SUZHOU) Pharma Tech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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