Where does The Neat Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Neat Company, Inc. ranks #30,391 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 Neat Company, Inc. hold?

The Neat Company, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is The Neat Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Neat Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile 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 Neat Company, Inc. focus on?

The Neat Company, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 3 patents, ranking #2,219 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Neat Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Neat Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Neat Company, Inc.'s patents?

The Neat Company, Inc.'s patents average 22.3 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 Neat Company, 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 Neat Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #30,391 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,391
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 22.3
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30391 · US Corporation #30,391 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,391/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Japan Research…
CPC-NARROW G06V · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Japan Research Institute, Limited (±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 32.0 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 8.0 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Neat · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 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 Neat Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between The Japan Research Institute, Limited and The SkyLife Company, Inc..

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What this shows The holds 9 patents at rank #30,397, 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 #30,397 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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)

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Neat Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	3	33.3%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2021	1	11.1%

Which technologies does The Neat Company, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 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 Neat Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Neat Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #30,391 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Neat Company, Inc. against The Japan Research Institute, Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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