The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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,).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #21,896 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 2 technology areas.
- #21,896
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 49th percentile
- by Innovation Score (34.9/100)
- 21.2
- avg claims per patent
- +400%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21896 · US Corporation #21,896 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
- MID-PACK #21,896/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH TestCard
- CPC-NARROW G06Q · 2 areas
- INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +400% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: TestCard 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 The’s 34.9 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around The
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- The Clearing House… · this assignee
The Clearing House… · this assignee
35 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th 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 The?
Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where The's grants concentrate
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between TestCard Ltd. and The University of Greenwich.
The's three-year grant acceleration
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.
Who files at The's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Testcard
TestCard Ltd.
13 patents
- Teva Branded Phar…
Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
13 patents
- The Armor All/STP…
The Armor All/STP Products Company
13 patents
- The Board of Trus…
The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville
13 patents
- The Metraflex
The Metraflex Company
13 patents
- The Tuway America…
The Tuway American Group, Inc.
13 patents
- The United States…
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
13 patents
- The University of…
The University of Greenwich
13 patents
- The Clearing Hous… ◀
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
13 patents
What this shows The holds 13 patents at rank #21,928, 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 #21,928 in granted patent volume.
- TestCard Ltd. #21,924 · 13 patents
- Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc. #21,925 · 13 patents
- The Armor All/STP Products Company #21,926 · 13 patents
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, for and on behalf of the University of Alabama in Huntsville #21,927 · 13 patents
- The Metraflex Company #21,929 · 13 patents
- The Tuway American Group, Inc. #21,930 · 13 patents
- The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs #21,931 · 13 patents
- The University of Greenwich #21,932 · 13 patents
Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 6,621 in class
- Google LLC 3,295 in class
- Capital ONE Services, LLC 3,005 in class
- Amazon Technologies, Inc. 2,993 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 2,990 in class
- Facebook, Inc. 1,919 in class
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 1,697 in class
- Mastercard International Incorporated 1,644 in class
The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.7% |
Which technologies does The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. patent most?
Top 2 of 2 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.'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,), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
- Ranked #21,896 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C. against TestCard Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.