Overall rank by patents
#37,928
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #37,928 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R37928 · US Federal Government #37,928 · 7 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Topps Company, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
The United States… · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st 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 United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Health and Human Services is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between The Topps Company, Inc. and Thermacor Process, Inc..
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Health and Human Services shows 2 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Topps Company, Inc.
7 patents
The Travel Hammock Inc.
7 patents
The Trustees of Princeton University, Office of Technology and Trademark Licensing
7 patents
The United States Playing Card Company
7 patents
The Willamette Valley Company LLC
7 patents
Therefore Limited
7 patents
ThermAvant Technologies, LLC
7 patents
Thermacor Process, Inc.
7 patents
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Health and Human Services
7 patents
What this shows The holds 7 patents at rank #37,976, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #37,976 in granted patent volume.
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 41st percentile higher than 41% 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 28.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 14.3% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#37,928
of 49,997 tracked assignees
32.3 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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