Where does Unibind Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unibind Limited ranks #27,715 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 Unibind Limited hold?

Unibind Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Unibind Limited's Innovation Score?

Unibind Limited has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Unibind Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unibind Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Unibind Limited's patents?

Unibind Limited's patents average 16.0 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 Unibind Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Unibind Limited

Q: What technology areas does Unibind Limited focus on?

Unibind Limited's top technology area is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unibind ranks #27,715 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#27,715
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27715 · Foreign Corporation #27,715 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,715/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH U-nica Technology
CPC-NARROW B42D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: U-nica Technology AG (±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
Unibind · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unibind's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (23rd 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.

Where Unibind's grants concentrate

Unibind Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Unibind sits between U-nica Technology AG and Univ Paris Xiii Paris-nord Villetaneuse.

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10

What this shows Unibind holds 10 patents at rank #27,702, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unibind

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,702 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B42D (Books)

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

Unibind's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Unibind Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	3	30.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Unibind Limited patent most?

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 8

B42C - Bookbinding 8

B42B - Permanently Attaching Together Sheets, Quires OR Signatures OR Permanently Attaching Objects Thereto 3

B42F - Sheets Temporarily Attached TOGETHER; Filing APPLIANCES; File CARDS; Indexing 2

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G09D - Railway OR Like Time OR Fare TABLES; Perpetual Calendars 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,715

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.2 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

Unibind Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unibind Limited's lead technology class is B42D (BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith A), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B42D
Ranked #27,715 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unibind Limited against U-nica Technology AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.