Where does Unified Brands, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unified Brands, Inc. ranks #10,494 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 Unified Brands, Inc. hold?

Unified Brands, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Unified Brands, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Unified Brands, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Unified Brands, Inc. focus on?

Unified Brands, Inc.'s top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 20 patents, ranking #51 of 516 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unified Brands, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unified Brands, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +31% 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 Unified Brands, Inc.'s patents?

Unified Brands, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Unified Brands, 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

Unified Brands, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 11 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unified ranks #10,494 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,494
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10494 · US Corporation #10,494 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,494/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Travel Caddy
CPC-FOCUS A47L · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Travel Caddy, 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 Unified’s 37.0 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 11.9 pts (32%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Medtronic Ventor · near

37
Unified Brands · this assignee

37
GE Oil & Gas… · near

37
Phoenix · near

37
Rudolph · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unified's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Unified?

Each dot is one of Unified’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). Unified’s own 14.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Unified's grants concentrate

Unified Brands, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Unified sits between Travel Caddy, Inc. and University of Idaho.

Unified's three-year grant acceleration

Unified Brands, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Travel Caddy

30
Trellisware

30
Trivver

30
Tundra Composites

30
Universitaet Zuer…

30
University Hospit…

30
United Laboratori…

30
University of Ida…

30
Unified Brands ◀

30

What this shows Unified holds 30 patents at rank #10,494, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unified

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,494 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Unified, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning), Unified ranks #51 of 516 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

GE Oil & Gas Compression Systems, LLC 37 Rudolph Technologies, Inc. 37 Phoenix, LLC 37 Medtronic Ventor Technologies Ltd. 37

Unified's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Unified Brands, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.7%
2016	2	6.7%
2017	4	13.3%
2018	2	6.7%
2019	3	10.0%
2020	5	16.7%
2021	4	13.3%
2022	2	6.7%
2023	4	13.3%
2024	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Unified Brands, Inc. patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 20

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 11

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 3

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Unified Brands, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unified Brands, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #10,494 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unified Brands, Inc. against Travel Caddy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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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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