Where does The Cycle Group rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Cycle Group ranks #27,613 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 Cycle Group hold?

The Cycle Group holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is The Cycle Group's Innovation Score?

The Cycle Group 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%).

Is The Cycle Group's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Cycle Group's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for The Cycle Group's patents?

The Cycle Group's patents average 8.2 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 Cycle Group 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 Cycle Group

Q: What technology areas does The Cycle Group focus on?

The Cycle Group's top technology area is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #27,613 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 2 technology areas.

#27,613
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27613 · US Corporation #27,613 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,613/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Bartley J…
CPC-NARROW B62M · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Bartley J. Madden Foundation (±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 Cycle Group · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The'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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Cycle Group is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, The sits between The Bartley J. Madden Foundation and The H.D. Lee Company, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Cycle Group shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

The Bartley J Mad…

10
The Board of Rege…

10
The Board of Trus…

10
The Chillafish

10
The Davidson Works

10
The Francis Crick…

10
The Giovanni Proj…

10
The H D Lee

10
The Cycle Group ◀

10

What this shows The holds 10 patents at rank #27,640, 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 #27,640 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR Sledges)

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 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 · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Cycle Group patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2024	4	40.0%

Which technologies does The Cycle Group patent most?

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 6

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,613

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.2 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 Cycle Group's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Cycle Group's lead technology class is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62M
Ranked #27,613 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Cycle Group against The Bartley J. Madden Foundation, 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

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