Where does simplehuman, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), simplehuman, LLC ranks #2,978 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 simplehuman, LLC hold?

simplehuman, LLC holds 128 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is simplehuman, LLC's Innovation Score?

simplehuman, LLC has an Innovation Score of 53.5 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does simplehuman, LLC focus on?

simplehuman, LLC's top technology area is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse) with 25 patents, ranking #6 of 127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

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

simplehuman, LLC's recent grant velocity is -13% 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 simplehuman, LLC's patents?

simplehuman, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 simplehuman, 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

simplehuman, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 128 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, simplehuman ranks #2,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 128 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.5/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2978 · US Corporation #2,978 · 128 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 128 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Bilibili…
CPC-FOCUS B65F · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Bilibili Technology 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 simplehuman’s 53.5 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 16.8 pts (31%) Velocity 8.3 pts (16%) Breadth 20.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FreeWheel Media · near

54
Pfeiffer Vacuum · near

54
Powermat · near

54
simplehuman · this assignee

54
The Coleman · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows simplehuman's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (top 9% 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 simplehuman?

Each dot is one of simplehuman’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). simplehuman’s own 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where simplehuman's grants concentrate

simplehuman, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 19.5% of grants classified under B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (15 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2020. By volume, simplehuman sits between Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd. and Basell Polyolefine GmbH.

simplehuman's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, simplehuman, LLC moved from 28 to 35 grants (1.25x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #706. See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai Bilibili…

128
TK Holdings

128
University OF Wyo…

128
Vrije Universitei…

128
simplehuman ◀

128
ABB Power Grids S…

127
Albea Services

127
Axsome Therapeuti…

127
Basell Polyolefine

127

What this shows simplehuman holds 128 patents at rank #2,981, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near simplehuman

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,981 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for simplehuman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse), simplehuman ranks #6 of 127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

The Coleman Company, Inc. 54 Powermat Technologies Ltd. 54 Pfeiffer Vacuum 54 FreeWheel Media, Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

Robert Bosch GmbH 13.0 avg Great Wall Motor Company Limited 13.0 avg Aptar Radolfzell GmbH 13.0 avg VIB VZW 13.0 avg

simplehuman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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simplehuman, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.8%
2016	15	11.7%
2017	12	9.4%
2018	14	10.9%
2019	10	7.8%
2020	9	7.0%
2021	9	7.0%
2022	9	7.0%
2023	13	10.2%
2024	13	10.2%
2025partial year	14	10.9%

Which technologies does simplehuman, LLC patent most?

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 25

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 23

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 21

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 16

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 11

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 7

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 7

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 6

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

Top 15 of 34 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

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

simplehuman, LLC's lead technology class is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse), 19.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65F
Ranked #2,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare simplehuman, LLC against Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.5/100 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

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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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