Where does 1A Smart Start LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 1A Smart Start LLC ranks #27,932 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 1A Smart Start LLC hold?

1A Smart Start LLC holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is 1A Smart Start LLC's Innovation Score?

1A Smart Start LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 1A Smart Start LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

1A Smart Start LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 1A Smart Start LLC's patents?

1A Smart Start LLC's patents average 16.4 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 1A Smart Start 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

1A Smart Start LLC

Q: What technology areas does 1A Smart Start LLC focus on?

1A Smart Start LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 1A ranks #27,932 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,932
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27932 · US Corporation #27,932 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #27,932/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 1010210 B C
CPC-NARROW G01N · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 1010210 B.C. 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
1A Smart Start · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 1A's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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.

Where 1A's grants concentrate

1A Smart Start LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, 1A sits between 1010210 B.C. Ltd. and 3ALogics Inc..

1A's three-year grant acceleration

1A Smart Start LLC shows 4 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.

1010210 B C

9
1311854 Ontario

9
1366

9
1929803 Ontario

9
2kdirect

9
3-V Biosciences

9
360fly

9
3alogics

9
1A Smart Start ◀

9

What this shows 1A holds 9 patents at rank #27,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 1A

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,932 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 1A's primary technology class.

1A's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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1A Smart Start LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	2	22.2%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does 1A Smart Start LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

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 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,932

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

1A Smart Start LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

1A Smart Start LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #27,932 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 1A Smart Start LLC against 1010210 B.C. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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.