Where does The North Face Apparel Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The North Face Apparel Corp. ranks #6,196 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 North Face Apparel Corp. hold?

The North Face Apparel Corp. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 53 technology areas.

What is The North Face Apparel Corp.'s Innovation Score?

The North Face Apparel Corp. has an Innovation Score of 53.0 out of 100 (top 9% 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 North Face Apparel Corp. focus on?

The North Face Apparel Corp.'s top technology area is D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles) with 13 patents, ranking #30 of 586 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is The North Face Apparel Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The North Face Apparel Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +39% 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 North Face Apparel Corp.'s patents?

The North Face Apparel Corp.'s patents average 15.7 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 North Face Apparel Corp. 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 North Face Apparel Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 53 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #6,196 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 53 technology areas.

#6,196
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.0/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6196 · US Corporation #6,196 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,196/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thales Canada
CPC-WIDE D10B · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thales Canada Inc. (±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 53.0 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 13.9 pts (26%) Velocity 4.7 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kamstrup A/S · near

53
Lvmh Recherche · near

53
The North Face Apparel · this assignee

53
United Semiconductor… · near

53
VueReal · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 53.0/100 (top 9% 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 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The North Face Apparel Corp. received 32 grants versus 23 in 2015–2019 (+39% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class D10B accounts for 23.6% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Thales Canada Inc. (#6,191) and UCB Pharma S.A. (#6,199).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The North Face Apparel Corp. moved from 24 to 17 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Thales Canada

55
The 41st Parameter

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The Jackson Labor…

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The Libman

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The University of…

55
Theatro Labs

55
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55
UCB Pharma

55
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55

What this shows The holds 55 patents at rank #6,195, 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 #6,195 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D)

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 D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D), The ranks #30 of 586 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Kamstrup A/S 53 United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 53 Lvmh Recherche 53 VueReal Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

UNIVERSITÉ DE Lille 15.7 avg Dana Limited 15.7 avg Bystronic Laser AG 15.7 avg Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited 15.7 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 North Face Apparel Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.5%
2016	4	7.3%
2017	3	5.5%
2018	4	7.3%
2019	9	16.4%
2020	10	18.2%
2021	5	9.1%
2022	9	16.4%
2023	5	9.1%
2024	3	5.5%

Which technologies does The North Face Apparel Corp. patent most?

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 13

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 12

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 11

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 9

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 8

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 6

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

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 5

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 5

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 5

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 5

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 5

Top 15 of 53 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

The North Face Apparel Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The North Face Apparel Corp.'s lead technology class is D10B (Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles), 23.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D10B
Ranked #6,196 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The North Face Apparel Corp. against Thales Canada Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.0/100 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

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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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