Where does Utility Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Utility Associates, Inc. ranks #21,985 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Utility Associates, Inc. hold?

Utility Associates, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Utility Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Utility Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Utility Associates, Inc. focus on?

Utility Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Utility Associates, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Utility Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Utility Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Utility Associates, Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Utility Associates, 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

Utility Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Utility ranks #21,985 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 18 technology areas.

#21,985
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21985 · US Corporation #21,985 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,985/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Union Optech
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Union Optech Co., 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Utility Associates · this assignee

36
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Utility's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Utility's grants concentrate

Utility Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under H04N (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Utility sits between University OF Malta and Universitaet Der Bundeswehr Muenchen.

University OF Mal…

13
UniversitÄTsklini…

13
Userzoom

13
Usens

13
Unizeo

13
Union Optech

13
Universidade de S…

13
Universitaet der…

13
Utility Associates ◀

13

What this shows Utility holds 13 patents at rank #21,974, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Utility

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Utility's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Utility Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	23.1%
2018	2	15.4%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Utility Associates, Inc. patent most?

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 6

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 6

F41A - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE 6

G11B - INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES 4

A45F - TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY 4

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS 4

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS 3

F41C - SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES ; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR 3

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 3

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 3

F41H - ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL 3

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 3

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 2

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 2

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,985

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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