Where does Yale Security Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yale Security Inc. ranks #12,772 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 Yale Security Inc. hold?

Yale Security Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Yale Security Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Yale Security Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Yale Security Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yale Security Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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 Yale Security Inc.'s patents?

Yale Security Inc.'s patents average 11.7 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 Yale Security 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

Yale Security Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Yale Security Inc. focus on?

Yale Security Inc.'s top technology area is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof) with 9 patents, ranking #104 of 729 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yale ranks #12,772 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 15 technology areas.

#12,772
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12772 · US Corporation #12,772 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,772/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iBasis
CPC-FOCUS E05Y · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iBasis, 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 Yale’s 31.8 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 11.1 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Yale Security · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yale's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th 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 Yale?

Each dot is one of Yale’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). Yale’s own 11.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Yale's grants concentrate

Yale Security Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Yale sits between Xbiotech Inc. and iBasis, Inc..

Xbiotech

24
Xiamen Sunnypet P…

24
Xactly

24
Yvolve Sports

24
Zephyr Lock

24
Zhejiang Sci-tech…

24
Zyno Medical

24
ibasis

24
Yale Security ◀

24

What this shows Yale holds 24 patents at rank #12,771, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yale

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,771 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f)

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

Yale's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Yale Security Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	16.7%
2016	6	25.0%
2017	5	20.8%
2018	7	29.2%
2019	1	4.2%
2020	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Yale Security Inc. patent most?

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 9

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 9

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Yale Security Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yale Security Inc.'s lead technology class is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05Y
Ranked #12,772 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yale Security Inc. against Xbiotech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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