Where does URC Ventures, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), URC Ventures, Inc. ranks #43,865 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 URC Ventures, Inc. hold?

URC Ventures, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is URC Ventures, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

URC Ventures, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does URC Ventures, Inc. focus on?

URC Ventures, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #1,896 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is URC Ventures, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

URC Ventures, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 URC Ventures, Inc.'s patents?

URC Ventures, Inc.'s patents average 30.5 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 URC Ventures, 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

URC Ventures, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, URC ranks #43,865 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,865
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 30.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43865 · US Corporation #43,865 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,865/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UPL Europe
CPC-NARROW G06T · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UPL Europe Ltd (±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 URC’s 33.7 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
URC Ventures · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows URC's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for URC?

Each dot is one of URC’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). URC’s own 30.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where URC's grants concentrate

URC Ventures, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, URC sits between UPL Europe Ltd and Usenlight Corporation.

URC's three-year grant acceleration

URC Ventures, Inc. shows 1 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.

UPL Europe

6
Uppthera

6
Urakami

6
Urban SKY

6
Ureka Sarl

6
US Spine

6
USA Intellectual…

6
Usenlight

6
URC Ventures ◀

6

What this shows URC holds 6 patents at rank #43,805, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near URC

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,805 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

URC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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URC Ventures, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2019	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%

Which technologies does URC Ventures, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

URC Ventures, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

URC Ventures, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #43,865 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare URC Ventures, Inc. against UPL Europe Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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