Where does Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC ranks #21,828 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 THE Office Superstore, LLC hold?

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's Innovation Score?

Staples THE Office Superstore, 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%).

Is Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's patents?

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's patents average 6.9 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 THE Office Superstore, 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

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC focus on?

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's top technology area is B42B (Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto) with 2 patents, ranking #12 of 23 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 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: B42B (Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Staples ranks #21,828 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#21,828
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21828 · US Corporation #21,828 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,828/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SSG International
CPC-NARROW B42B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SSG International, LLC (±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 Staples’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 9.1 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 4.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Staples'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 Staples?

Each dot is one of Staples’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). Staples’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Staples's grants concentrate

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 15.4% of grants classified under B42B (Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Staples sits between SSG International, LLC and Stemcell Technologies Canada Inc..

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What this shows Staples holds 13 patents at rank #21,763, 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 #21,763 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42B (Permanently Attaching Together Sheets)

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)

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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Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	38.5%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	5	38.5%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC patent most?

B42B - Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto 2

B42C - Bookbinding 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B42F - Sheets Temporarily Attached TOGETHER; Filing APPLIANCES; File CARDS; Indexing 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC's lead technology class is B42B (Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto), 15.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42B
Ranked #21,828 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Staples THE Office Superstore, LLC against SSG International, 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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