Where does Whitmor, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Whitmor, Inc. ranks #6,205 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 Whitmor, Inc. hold?

Whitmor, Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Whitmor, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Whitmor, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th 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 Whitmor, Inc. focus on?

Whitmor, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 12 patents, ranking #57 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Whitmor, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +12% 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 Whitmor, Inc.'s patents?

Whitmor, Inc.'s patents average 5.0 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 Whitmor, 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

Whitmor, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Whitmor ranks #6,205 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 9 technology areas.

#6,205
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 5.0
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6205 · US Corporation #6,205 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,205/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iCometrue
CPC-NARROW A47B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iCometrue Company 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 Whitmor’s 31.4 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 13.9 pts (44%) Velocity 3.8 pts (12%) Breadth 10.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Universal Studios · near

31
Cellecta · near

31
Magnolia Broadband · near

31
Whitmor · this assignee

31
Tudor Watch U · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Whitmor's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Whitmor?

Each dot is one of Whitmor’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). Whitmor’s own 5.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Whitmor's grants concentrate

Whitmor, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 21.8% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Whitmor sits between University of New Hempshire and iCometrue Company Ltd..

Whitmor's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Whitmor, Inc. moved from 26 to 15 grants (0.58x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

University of New…

55
Vicor

55
W Schonbek

55
Wieland-werke

55
Youcopia Products

55
Zymeworks

55
Zeta Global

55
icometrue

55
Whitmor ◀

55

What this shows Whitmor holds 55 patents at rank #6,205, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Whitmor

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,205 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Whitmor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Whitmor ranks #57 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Magnolia Broadband Inc. 31 Cellecta, Inc. 31 Tudor Watch U.S.A., LLC 31 Universal Studios LLC 31

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (5.0 here).

Nihon Plast Co., Ltd. 5.0 avg Dongguan Jiasheng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. 5.0 avg Luxottica S.R.L. 5.1 avg Artemide S.P.A. 5.1 avg

Whitmor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Whitmor, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	5.5%
2016	4	7.3%
2017	4	7.3%
2018	1	1.8%
2019	13	23.6%
2020	9	16.4%
2021	4	7.3%
2022	6	10.9%
2023	3	5.5%
2024	6	10.9%
2025partial year	2	3.6%

Which technologies does Whitmor, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 12

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 6

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 5

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 2

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

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Whitmor, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 21.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #6,205 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Whitmor, Inc. against University of New Hempshire, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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

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.