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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Target Brands, Inc. ranks #408 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 Target Brands, Inc. hold?

Target Brands, Inc. holds 1,102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 106 technology areas.

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

Target Brands, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Target Brands, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +21% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Target Brands, Inc.'s patents?

Target Brands, Inc.'s patents average 9.4 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 Target 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

Target Brands, Inc.

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

Target Brands, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 266 patents, ranking #56 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 106 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,102 granted patents across 106 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Target ranks #408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,102 patents across 106 technology areas.

#408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R408 · US Corporation #408 · 1,102 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dropbox
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 106 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dropbox, 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.

How Target’s 63.9 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 24.2 pts (38%) Velocity 9.1 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Novartis · near

64
Yale University · near

64
Honeywell Federal… · near

64
Soochow University · near

64
Target Brands · this assignee

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Target's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (top 2% 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 Target?

Each dot is one of Target’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). Target’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Target's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Target Brands, Inc. received 562 grants versus 466 in 2015–2019 (+21% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 136 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 61. Lead class G06Q accounts for 24.1% of the portfolio across 106 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Synaptics Incorporated (#404) and NTN Corporation (#412).

Target's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Target Brands, Inc. moved from 270 to 368 grants (1.36x 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 #560. See the growth leaderboard.

Synaptics Incorpo…

1,107
Japan Aviation In…

1,104
Elwha

1,103
Dropbox

1,102
Target Brands ◀

1,102
Boston Scientific…

1,098
Thomson Licensing

1,095
Advanced Semicond…

1,092
NTN

1,091

What this shows Target holds 1,102 patents at rank #408, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Target

By rank, the assignees closest to #408 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Target, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Target ranks #56 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Soochow University 64 Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC 64 Novartis AG 64 Yale University 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.4 here).

Mars, Incorporated 9.4 avg Universal Entertainment Corporation 9.4 avg Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 9.4 avg LG Household & Health Care Ltd. 9.4 avg

Target's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Target Brands, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	136	12.3%
2016	113	10.3%
2017	80	7.3%
2018	61	5.5%
2019	76	6.9%
2020	92	8.3%
2021	102	9.3%
2022	131	11.9%
2023	115	10.4%
2024	122	11.1%
2025partial year	74	6.7%

Which technologies does Target Brands, Inc. patent most?

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 266

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 154

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 74

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 60

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 46

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 34

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 29

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 29

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 28

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 28

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 27

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 27

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 22

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 21

Top 15 of 106 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

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

Target Brands, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 24.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Target Brands, Inc. against Synaptics Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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

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