Where does The Affinity Project, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Affinity Project, Inc. ranks #43,587 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 The Affinity Project, Inc. hold?

The Affinity Project, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is The Affinity Project, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Affinity Project, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Affinity Project, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Affinity Project, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 The Affinity Project, Inc.'s patents?

The Affinity Project, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 The Affinity Project, 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

The Affinity Project, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Affinity Project, Inc. focus on?

The Affinity Project, Inc.'s top technology area is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #43,587 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,587
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43587 · US Corporation #43,587 · 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 #43,587/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Texas Transland
CPC-NARROW G10L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Texas Transland 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Affinity Project · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 The's grants concentrate

The Affinity Project, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, The sits between Texas Transland LLC and The Center for Orthopedic Research And Education, Inc..

Texas Transland

6
Text IQ

6
Thaddeus Medical…

6
The Advisory Board

6
The Board Institu…

6
The Boltz Group

6
The Boston Beer

6
The Center for Or…

6
The Affinity Proj… ◀

6

What this shows The holds 6 patents at rank #43,651, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,651 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech Synthesis)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Affinity Project, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	66.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does The Affinity Project, Inc. patent most?

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

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,587

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 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

The Affinity Project, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Affinity Project, Inc.'s lead technology class is G10L (Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G10L
Ranked #43,587 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Affinity Project, Inc. against Texas Transland LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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