Where does RTL Materials Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RTL Materials Ltd ranks #21,711 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does RTL Materials Ltd hold?

RTL Materials Ltd holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is RTL Materials Ltd's Innovation Score?

RTL Materials Ltd has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RTL Materials Ltd focus on?

RTL Materials Ltd's top technology area is E04C (STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is RTL Materials Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RTL Materials Ltd's recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for RTL Materials Ltd's patents?

RTL Materials Ltd's patents average 19.0 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 RTL Materials Ltd 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

RTL Materials Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: E04C (STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RTL ranks #21,711 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 26 technology areas.

#21,711
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21711 · Foreign Corporation #21,711 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,711/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Radiaction
CPC-FOCUS E04C · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Radiaction 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
RTL Materials · this assignee

50
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows RTL's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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.

Where RTL's grants concentrate

RTL Materials Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under E04C (STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, RTL sits between Rokform IP Llc and Raven SR, Inc..

Rokform IP

13
Rossignol Lange S…

13
Royal Metal Indus…

13
RPB Safety

13
Runner(Xiamen)

13
Radiaction

13
Radiawave

13
Raven SR

13
RTL Materials ◀

13

What this shows RTL holds 13 patents at rank #21,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RTL

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04C (Structural Elements)

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

RTL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RTL Materials Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	15.4%
2018	3	23.1%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	3	23.1%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does RTL Materials Ltd patent most?

E04C - STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; BUILDING MATERIALS 6

F16L - PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL 6

H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS 5

F16M - FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS 3

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 3

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 3

E04H - BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL 2

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 2

G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 2

F16H - GEARING 2

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR 2

B21D - WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL 2

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 2

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,711

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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