Point Inside has a total of 21 patents globally, out of which 7 have been granted. Of these 21 patents, more than 19% patents are active. The United States of America is where Point Inside has filed the maximum number of patents. Parallelly, the United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Point Inside.
Point Inside was founded in the year 2009. The Company develops mobile applications for indoor customer navigation. The Company technologies provide in indoor mapping, micro-location services and customer engagement that enables customers to find stores within malls and exact locations of products within stores.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Point Inside which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Point Inside patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Point Inside patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Point Inside have?
The founders Brian Wilson has 115 patent, Jon Croy has 6 patents, Josh Marti has 0 patent. The CEO Geary Eppley has 2 patents.
How many patents does Point Inside have?
Point Inside has a total of 21 patents globally. These patents belong to 11 unique patent families. Out of 21 patents, 4 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Point Inside File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Point Inside Applications Filed | Point Inside Patents Granted |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | – |
How many Point Inside patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Point Inside File in Different Countries?
All the Patents were filed by Point Inside in the United States of America.
Where are Research Centres of Point Inside Patents Located?
The Research Centre for all the Point Inside patents is the United States of America.
10 Best Point Inside Patents
US20120270573A1 is the most popular patent in the Point Inside portfolio. It has received 57 citations so far from companies like Qualcomm, Cisco and Google.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Point Inside:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20120270573A1 | 57 |
| US20140045517A1 | 11 |
| US20130132199A1 | 10 |
| US20190213607A1 | 4 |
| US20190213616A1 | 3 |
| US20130281062A1 | 3 |
| US20170124578A1 | 2 |
| US20130150002A1 | 2 |
| US9824388B2 | 1 |
| US20160191490A1 | 1 |
How many inventions of other companies were rejected due to Point Inside patents?
The statistics below share strategic R&D insights. It tells the companies that were trying to protect inventions similar to Point Inside invention. They couldn’t because Point Inside had protected those before them.
Examiners at the USPTO referred 11 Point Inside patents in 35 rejections (35 USC § 102 or 35 USC § 103 types).
The top citing companies in the Point Inside patent portfolio are Standard Cognition, Qualcomm and Nec Corp.
List of the Companies whose Patents were rejected citing Point Inside –
| Company | Number of Patent Applications that faced Rejection Citing Point Inside Patents | Number of Rejections (102 & 103) |
| Standard Cognition | 2 | 2 |
| Qualcomm | 2 | 2 |
| Nec Corp | 1 | 1 |
| Winitech | 1 | 1 |
| At&T Mobility | 1 | 2 |
| Bluedot Innovation | 1 | 2 |
| Upland Software | 1 | 3 |
| Boe Technology | 1 | 1 |
| Microsoft | 1 | 1 |
| Consumiq | 1 | 1 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Point Inside Patents
Top Point Inside Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US9510145B2 | 5 |
| US20120270573A1 | 3 |
| US9824388B2 | 3 |
| US9301097B2 | 3 |
| US10387947B2 | 2 |
| US20190213616A1 | 1 |
| US20130132199A1 | 1 |
| US20130281062A1 | 1 |
| US9858615B2 | 1 |
| US20160203199A1 | 1 |
| US20190213607A1 | 1 |
What Percentage of Point Inside US Patent Applications were Granted?
Point Inside (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 17 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 6 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 35.29%.
Below are the key stats of Point Inside patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Point Inside?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| William H Bollman | 8 | 50.00% |
| Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt | 6 | 33.33% |
| Aeon Law | 3 | 0.00% |
List of Point Inside Patents
| Point Inside Patents | Title |
| US10430864B2 | Transaction-Based Location Assignment System And Method |
| US10417694B2 | Location Assignment System And Method |
| US10387947B2 | Location Assignment System And Method |
| US9858615B2 | Location Assignment System And Method |
| US9824388B2 | Location Assignment System And Method |
| US9510145B2 | Battery-Saving In Geo-Fence Context Method And System |
| US9301097B2 | Correlating Wireless Signals To A Location On An Image Using Mobile Sensor Technologies |
| US20200273071A1 | Listener Sdk-Based Enrichment Of Indoor Positioning |
| US20190213607A1 | Shopper Traffic Flow Visualization Based On Point Of Sale (Pos) Transaction Data |
| US20190213616A1 | Shopper Traffic Flow Spatial Analytics Based On Indoor Positioning Data |
| US20170124578A1 | System And Method For Tracking The Location Of Mobile Devices And Collecting Data Therefrom |
| US20160300182A1 | Pog Adjacency Determination |
| US20160203199A1 | Location Coordinate Conversion Service, Method And System |
| US20160191490A1 | Identify A Radio Frequency Emitting Device By Mac Address |
| US20150150047A1 | Optimizing Mobile Content Based On Users State Of Motion |
| US20140045517A1 | System For Determination Of Real-Time Queue Times By Correlating Map Data And Mobile Users’ Location Data |
| US20130281062A1 | Identify A Radio Frequency Device By Mac Address System And Method |
| US20130150002A1 | Identify A Radio Frequency Device By Mac Address System And Method |
| US20130132199A1 | Optimizing The Relevance Of Mobile Content Based On User Behavioral Patterns |
| US20120270573A1 | Positioning System And Method For Single And Multilevel Structures |
| WO2018044655A1 | Systems And Methods For Tracking The Location Of Mobile Devices And Collecting Data Therefrom |