Where does Visible World, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Visible World, LLC ranks #5,993 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 Visible World, LLC hold?

Visible World, LLC holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Visible World, LLC's Innovation Score?

Visible World, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Visible World, LLC focus on?

Visible World, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 51 patents, ranking #359 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Visible World, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Visible World, LLC's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 Visible World, LLC's patents?

Visible World, LLC's patents average 20.0 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 Visible World, LLC 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

Visible World, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Visible ranks #5,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 7 technology areas.

#5,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5993 · US Corporation #5,993 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH United States…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: United States Endoscopy Group, 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 Visible’s 35.4 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 14.0 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sichuan Qianli-beoka… · near

35
Visible World · this assignee

35
Aisin Keikinzoku · near

35
Broadband iTV · near

35
Sami Labs · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Visible's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Visible?

Each dot is one of Visible’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). Visible’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Visible's grants concentrate

Visible World, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 89.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (14 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Visible sits between United States Endoscopy Group, Inc. and Zymergen Inc..

United States End…

57
Universita Degli…

57
Universitat Bern

57
Vernalis (R&D)

57
Wargaming net

57
ZF CV Systems Glo…

57
Zhejiang Hisun Ph…

57
Zymergen

57
Visible World ◀

57

What this shows Visible holds 57 patents at rank #5,991, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Visible

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,991 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Visible, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Visible ranks #359 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Sichuan Qianli-beoka Medical Technology Inc. 35 Sami Labs Limited 35 Broadband iTV, Inc. 35 Aisin Keikinzoku Co., Ltd. 35

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Maquet GMBH 20.0 avg Pindrop Security, Inc. 20.0 avg Sun Chemical Corporation 20.0 avg Lodestar Licensing Group LLC 20.0 avg

Visible's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Visible World, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	14.0%
2016	7	12.3%
2017	5	8.8%
2018	7	12.3%
2019	14	24.6%
2020	11	19.3%
2021	5	8.8%

Which technologies does Visible World, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 51

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 13

H04H - Broadcast Communication 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Visible World, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Visible World, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 89.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Visible World, LLC against United States Endoscopy Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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

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