Where does R.Y.L. Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), R.Y.L. Inc. ranks #12,201 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 R.Y.L. Inc. hold?

R.Y.L. Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is R.Y.L. Inc.'s Innovation Score?

R.Y.L. Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does R.Y.L. Inc. focus on?

R.Y.L. Inc.'s top technology area is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes) with 7 patents, ranking #58 of 269 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is R.Y.L. Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

R.Y.L. Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for R.Y.L. Inc.'s patents?

R.Y.L. Inc.'s patents average 3.6 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 R.Y.L. 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 US Corporation

R.Y.L. Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, R.y.l. ranks #12,201 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 4 technology areas.

#12,201
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 3.6
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12201 · US Corporation #12,201 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,201/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Q3 Medical Devices
CPC-NARROW C03B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Q3 Medical Devices Limited (±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 R.y.l.’s 40.5 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 11.3 pts (28%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 7.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 2.2 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Azurewave · near

40
Cynosure · near

40
Ming Shin Tools · near

40
R Y L · this assignee

40
Samsung Techwin · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows R.y.l.'s Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 R.y.l.?

Each dot is one of R.y.l.’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). R.y.l.’s own 3.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where R.y.l.'s grants concentrate

R.Y.L. Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 28% of grants classified under C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, R.y.l. sits between Q3 Medical Devices Limited and Rexnord Flattop Europe B.V..

R.y.l.'s three-year grant acceleration

R.Y.L. Inc. shows 19 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.

Q3 Medical Devices

25
Quipip

25
Qfix Systems

25
Quip NYC

25
R3

25
Reliance Worldwid…

25
Rev-a-shelf

25
Rexnord Flattop E…

25
R Y L ◀

25

What this shows R.Y.L. holds 25 patents at rank #12,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RYL

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03B (Manufacture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RYL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C03B (Manufacture), RYL ranks #58 of 269 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Ming Shin Tools Co., Ltd. 40 Azurewave Technologies, Inc. 40 Cynosure, LLC 40 Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. 40

R.y.l.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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R.Y.L. Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	4.0%
2019	2	8.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2022	5	20.0%
2023	9	36.0%
2024	5	20.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does R.Y.L. Inc. patent most?

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 7

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 6

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 4

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 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

R.Y.L. Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

R.Y.L. Inc.'s lead technology class is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes), 28% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03B
Ranked #12,201 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare R.Y.L. Inc. against Q3 Medical Devices Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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