Where does The Crawford Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Crawford Group, Inc. ranks #20,514 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 Crawford Group, Inc. hold?

The Crawford Group, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is The Crawford Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Crawford Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Crawford Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Crawford Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +40% 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 The Crawford Group, Inc.'s patents?

The Crawford Group, Inc.'s patents average 34.7 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 Crawford Group, 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 Crawford Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Crawford Group, Inc. focus on?

The Crawford Group, 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 12 patents, ranking #1,065 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, The ranks #20,514 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 9 technology areas.

#20,514
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 34.7
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20514 · US Corporation #20,514 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,514/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Teraoka Seiko
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 34.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Teraoka Seiko 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 The’s 37.8 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 9.4 pts (25%) Velocity 2.9 pts (8%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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The Crawford Group · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 43% 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 34.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Crawford Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 85.7% 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 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, The sits between Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd. and The Nielson Company (US), LLC.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Crawford Group, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Teraoka Seiko

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Terex South Dakota

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The Azek Group

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The Maitland

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The Nielson (US)

14
The Crawford Group ◀

14

What this shows The holds 14 patents at rank #20,533, 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 #20,533 in granted patent volume.

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

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)

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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The Crawford Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	1	7.1%
2019	3	21.4%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2023	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	2	14.3%

Which technologies does The Crawford Group, 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 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 9

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 9

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

The Crawford Group, 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,), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #20,514 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Crawford Group, Inc. against Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.8/100 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

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