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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yellcast, Inc. ranks #18,310 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 Yellcast, Inc. hold?

Yellcast, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Yellcast, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Yellcast, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yellcast, Inc. focus on?

Yellcast, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Yellcast, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Yellcast, Inc.'s patents?

Yellcast, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Yellcast, 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

Yellcast, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yellcast ranks #18,310 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,310
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18310 · US Corporation #18,310 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,310/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yamasa
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yamasa Corporation (±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 Yellcast’s 48.3 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 9.8 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Yellcast · this assignee

48
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What this shows Yellcast's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 Yellcast?

Each dot is one of Yellcast’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). Yellcast’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Yellcast's grants concentrate

Yellcast, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Yellcast sits between YLX Incorporated and ZF Airbag Germany GMBH.

Yellcast's three-year grant acceleration

Yellcast, Inc. shows 9 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.

YLX Incorporated

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Zagg

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Zenrin

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ZF Airbag Germany

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What this shows Yellcast holds 16 patents at rank #18,309, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yellcast

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,309 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Yellcast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Yellcast, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	4	25.0%
2023	4	25.0%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	5	31.3%

Which technologies does Yellcast, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

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 10

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

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

Yellcast, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #18,310 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yellcast, Inc. against YLX Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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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