Where does SA Photonics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SA Photonics, Inc. ranks #10,443 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 SA Photonics, Inc. hold?

SA Photonics, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is SA Photonics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SA Photonics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SA Photonics, Inc. focus on?

SA Photonics, Inc.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 22 patents, ranking #413 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

SA Photonics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% 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 SA Photonics, Inc.'s patents?

SA Photonics, Inc.'s patents average 20.4 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 SA Photonics, 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

SA Photonics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SA ranks #10,443 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 15 technology areas.

#10,443
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10443 · US Corporation #10,443 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,443/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Radie B V
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Radie B.V. (±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 SA’s 43.9 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 11.9 pts (27%) Velocity 6.1 pts (14%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hampton Products… · near

44
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE · near

44
Photonics · this assignee

44
Tineco Intelligent… · near

44
Arlanxeo Singapore PTE · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SA's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 SA?

Each dot is one of SA’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). SA’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SA's grants concentrate

SA Photonics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, SA sits between Rtic Outdoors, LLC and Shenzhen Prime Technology Co., Ltd.

SA's three-year grant acceleration

SA Photonics, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Rtic Outdoors

30
Radie B V

30
Recursion Pharmac…

30
Armstrong

30
Salvatore Ferraga…

30
Scaleflux

30
Sennheiser Commun…

30
Shenzhen Prime Te…

30
Photonics ◀

30

What this shows SA holds 30 patents at rank #10,443, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SA

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,443 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), SA ranks #413 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd 44 Hampton Products International Corporation 44 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE 44 Arlanxeo Singapore PTE. Ltd. 44

SA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SA Photonics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	13.3%
2018	3	10.0%
2019	7	23.3%
2020	1	3.3%
2021	4	13.3%
2022	4	13.3%
2023	3	10.0%
2024	4	13.3%

Which technologies does SA Photonics, Inc. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 22

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 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

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

SA Photonics, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #10,443 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SA Photonics, Inc. against Rtic Outdoors, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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