Overall rank by patents
#43,619
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #43,619 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 13 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R43619 · US Corporation #43,619 · 6 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Meyer Company (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
American Orthodontics · near
32 score
Fronteo · near
32 score
Cordis · near
32 score
Dsm&t · near
32 score
The Regents of the… · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (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.
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Univers ity of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between The Meyer Company and The United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Meyer Company
6 patents
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
6 patents
The Powerwise Group, Inc.
6 patents
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
6 patents
The Steelastic Company, LLC
6 patents
The SuperGroup Creative Omnimedia, Inc.
6 patents
The United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of Technology Transfer
6 patents
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Univers ity of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer
6 patents
What this shows The holds 6 patents at rank #43,668, shown against the 7 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #43,668 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).
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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2016 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 33.3% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#43,619
of 49,997 tracked assignees
32.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
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Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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