Where does The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. ranks #8,123 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. hold?

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. focus on?

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s top technology area is A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children) with 32 patents, ranking #5 of 107 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +47% 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s patents?

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 4 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: A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #8,123 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 4 technology areas.

#8,123
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8123 · US Corporation #8,123 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,123/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tiger Tool Internati…
CPC-NARROW A47D · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tiger Tool International Incorporated (±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 50.9 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 12.8 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 7.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Good Sportsman… · near

51
MOR Research… · near

51
Toray Advanced… · near

51
Konica Minolta… · near

51
The Ergo Baby Carrier · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% 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 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. and U-shin Italia S.p.A.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Toray Engineering

40
Toyo Gosei

40
Tusas—TURK Havaci…

40
Tymphany Acoustic…

40
Tiger Tool Intern…

40
Tom Tom Global Co…

40
Tyco Raychem

40
U-shin Italia S p…

40
The Ergo Baby Car… ◀

40

What this shows The holds 40 patents at rank #8,127, 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 #8,127 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children), The ranks #5 of 107 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. 51 Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. 51 MOR Research Applications Ltd. 51 Good Sportsman Marketing, LLC 51

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	12.5%
2016	2	5.0%
2017	3	7.5%
2018	2	5.0%
2019	3	7.5%
2020	1	2.5%
2021	2	5.0%
2022	2	5.0%
2023	6	15.0%
2024	11	27.5%
2025partial year	3	7.5%

Which technologies does The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. patent most?

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 32

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Top 4 of 4 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 Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47D (Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47D
Ranked #8,123 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. against Toray Engineering Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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