Where does RUG Doctor, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RUG Doctor, LLC ranks #9,608 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 RUG Doctor, LLC hold?

RUG Doctor, LLC holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is RUG Doctor, LLC's Innovation Score?

RUG Doctor, LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RUG Doctor, LLC focus on?

RUG Doctor, LLC's top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 12 patents, ranking #73 of 516 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is RUG Doctor, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RUG Doctor, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for RUG Doctor, LLC's patents?

RUG Doctor, LLC's patents average 5.6 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 RUG Doctor, LLC 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 US Corporation

RUG Doctor, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, RUG ranks #9,608 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 4 technology areas.

#9,608
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 5.6
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9608 · US Corporation #9,608 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,608/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RaQualia Pharma
CPC-NARROW A47L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RaQualia Pharma Inc. (±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 RUG’s 22.6 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 12.2 pts (54%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Central BAG & Burlap · near

23
Jooster IP · near

23
RUG Doctor · this assignee

23
1964 Ears · near

23
GoGo Heel · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RUG's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (11th percentile 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 RUG?

Each dot is one of RUG’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). RUG’s own 5.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where RUG's grants concentrate

RUG Doctor, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, RUG sits between Rieke LLC and Samyang Optics Co., Ltd..

Rieke

33
RMH Tech

33
Rockwool A/S

33
Rolic

33
Raqualia Pharma

33
Rheinische Friedr…

33
Rompower Technolo…

33
Samyang Optics

33
RUG Doctor ◀

33

What this shows RUG holds 33 patents at rank #9,603, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RUG

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,603 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RUG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning), RUG ranks #73 of 516 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Jooster IP AG 23 Central BAG & Burlap Co. 23 GoGo Heel, LLC 23 1964 Ears, LLC 23

RUG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RUG Doctor, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	15.2%
2016	1	3.0%
2017	7	21.2%
2019	9	27.3%
2020	11	33.3%

Which technologies does RUG Doctor, LLC patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 12

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 4 of 4 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

RUG Doctor, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RUG Doctor, LLC's lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #9,608 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RUG Doctor, LLC against Rieke LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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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