Where does Under Armour, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Under Armour, Inc. ranks #815 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 Under Armour, Inc. hold?

Under Armour, Inc. holds 563 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Under Armour, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Under Armour, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Under Armour, Inc. focus on?

Under Armour, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 158 patents. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

Is Under Armour, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Under Armour, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Under Armour, Inc.'s patents?

Under Armour, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 Under Armour, 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

Under Armour, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 563 granted patents across 80 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Under ranks #815 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 563 patents across 80 technology areas.

#815
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.3/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R815 · US Corporation #815 · 563 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 563 grants
TOP-DECILE #815/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Polaris Industries
CPC-WIDE A43B · 80 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Polaris Industries 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hanwha Techwin · near

58
Owens Corning… · near

58
Bridgestone… · near

58
Oki Electric Industry · near

58
Under Armour · this assignee

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Under's Innovation Score is 58.3/100 (top 5% 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.

How Under's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Under Armour, Inc. received 265 grants versus 270 in 2015–2019 (-2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 88 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 20. Lead class A43B accounts for 28.1% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hill-Rom Services, Inc. (#811) and Toto Ltd. (#819).

Under's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Under Armour, Inc. moved from 204 to 149 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,053. See the growth leaderboard.

Hill-rom Services

569
Tetra Laval Holdi…

568
Sekisui Chemical

565
Polaris Industries

563
Under Armour ◀

563
Arts

561
Gilead Sciences

561
Yaskawa Denki

561
Toto

560

What this shows Under holds 563 patents at rank #815, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Under

By rank, the assignees closest to #815 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Under, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC 58 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 58 Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. 58 Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.0 here).

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. 11.0 avg Qomplx LLC 11.0 avg Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd. 11.0 avg Toray Industries, Inc. 11.0 avg

Under's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Under Armour, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	3.6%
2016	35	6.2%
2017	58	10.3%
2018	69	12.3%
2019	88	15.6%
2020	74	13.1%
2021	42	7.5%
2022	50	8.9%
2023	42	7.5%
2024	57	10.1%
2025partial year	28	5.0%

Which technologies does Under Armour, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 158

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 99

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 43

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 42

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 38

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 38

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 34

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 30

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 30

D05C - EMBROIDERING; Tufting 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 27

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 27

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 25

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 20

Top 15 of 80 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#815

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Under Armour, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Under Armour, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 28.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #815 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Under Armour, Inc. against Hill-Rom Services, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.3/100 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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