Where does Start Project, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Start Project, LLC ranks #43,301 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 Start Project, LLC hold?

Start Project, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Start Project, LLC's Innovation Score?

Start Project, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.2 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Start Project, LLC focus on?

Start Project, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents, ranking #5,405 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Start Project, 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 Start Project, LLC's patents?

Start Project, LLC's patents average 20.0 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 Start Project, 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

Start Project, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Start ranks #43,301 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#43,301
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43301 · US Corporation #43,301 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,301/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Star Group IND
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Star Group IND. 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 Start’s 38.2 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Altergon · near

38
Institut DE… · near

38
Iontra · near

38
Pixia · near

38
Start Project · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Start's Innovation Score is 38.2/100 (top 41% 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 Start?

Each dot is one of Start’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). Start’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Start's grants concentrate

Start Project, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Start sits between Star Group IND. Co., Ltd and State Grid Shandong Electric Power Research Institute.

Start's three-year grant acceleration

Start Project, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Star Group IND

6
Star Systems Inte…

6
Starbreeze Paris

6
Starklab

6
State Grid Anhui…

6
State Grid Electr…

6
State Grid Jibei…

6
State Grid Shando…

6
Start Project ◀

6

What this shows Start holds 6 patents at rank #42,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Start

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Start, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Start ranks #5,405 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Iontra Inc 38 Institut DE Recherche Pour LE Developpement 38 Altergon SA 38 Pixia Corp. 38

Start's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Start Project, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Start Project, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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 6

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Start Project, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #43,301 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Start Project, LLC against Star Group IND. Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.2/100 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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