Where does Staples Brands, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Staples Brands, Inc. ranks #33,425 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 Staples Brands, Inc. hold?

Staples Brands, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Staples Brands, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Staples Brands, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 13.5 out of 100 (2nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Staples Brands, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Staples Brands, 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 Staples Brands, Inc.'s patents?

Staples Brands, Inc.'s patents average 1.5 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 Staples Brands, 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

Staples Brands, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Staples Brands, Inc. focus on?

Staples Brands, Inc.'s top technology area is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems) with 1 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2020. 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: G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Staples ranks #33,425 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#33,425
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 2nd percentile
by Innovation Score (13.5/100): 1.5
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33425 · US Corporation #33,425 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,425/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Square Robot
CPC-NARROW G08B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 13.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Square Robot, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Staples Brands · this assignee

13
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Staples's Innovation Score is 13.5/100 (2nd 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.

Where Staples's grants concentrate

Staples Brands, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Staples sits between Square Robot, Inc. and Stella Pharma Corporation.

Square Robot

8
Stacyc

8
Stable Step

8
Stackcan

8
Star2star Communi…

8
Starlight

8
Statek

8
Stella Pharma

8
Staples Brands ◀

8

What this shows Staples holds 8 patents at rank #33,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Staples

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,452 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08B (Signalling OR Calling Systems)

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

Staples's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

13 2nd percentile higher than 2% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2020

Grants by year

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

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Staples Brands, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	12.5%
2020	7	87.5%

Which technologies does Staples Brands, Inc. patent most?

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,425

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

13.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Staples Brands, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Staples Brands, Inc.'s lead technology class is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08B
Ranked #33,425 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Staples Brands, Inc. against Square Robot, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 13.5/100 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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