Where does Safariland, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safariland, LLC ranks #6,834 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 Safariland, LLC hold?

Safariland, LLC holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Safariland, LLC's Innovation Score?

Safariland, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Safariland, LLC focus on?

Safariland, LLC's top technology area is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor) with 11 patents, ranking #17 of 225 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Safariland, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safariland, LLC's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Safariland, LLC's patents?

Safariland, LLC's patents average 8.3 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 Safariland, 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

Safariland, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safariland ranks #6,834 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,834
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6834 · US Corporation #6,834 · 49 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,834/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Landing…
CPC-FOCUS F41C · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Landing Systems Canada 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 Safariland’s 39.2 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 13.5 pts (35%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 17.3 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adaptive Biotechnolo… · near

39
Bwxt mPower · near

39
Impact Selector… · near

39
Ncku Research and… · near

39
Safariland · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safariland's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Safariland?

Each dot is one of Safariland’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). Safariland’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Safariland's grants concentrate

Safariland, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 22.4% of grants classified under F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Safariland sits between SKF Magnetic Mechatronics and Sigray, Inc..

Safariland's three-year grant acceleration

Safariland, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

SKF Magnetic Mech…

49
Standard Cognition

49
Stmicroelectronic…

49
Switch

49
Safran Landing Sy…

49
Samsung Dispiay

49
Senorx

49
Sigray

49
Safariland ◀

49

What this shows Safariland holds 49 patents at rank #6,839, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safariland

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,839 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41C (Smallarms)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Safariland, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41C (Smallarms), Safariland ranks #17 of 225 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation 39 Impact Selector International, LLC 39 Ncku Research and Development Foundation 39 Bwxt mPower, Inc. 39

Safariland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Safariland, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	10.2%
2016	5	10.2%
2017	4	8.2%
2018	7	14.3%
2019	7	14.3%
2020	4	8.2%
2021	5	10.2%
2022	4	8.2%
2023	2	4.1%
2024	2	4.1%
2025partial year	4	8.2%

Which technologies does Safariland, LLC patent most?

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 11

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 10

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 9

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 6

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 4

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 4

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 3

F42C - Ammunition Fuzes ; Arming OR Safety Means Therefor 3

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 3

H04B - Transmission 3

C06D - Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART) 2

G06D - Digital Fluid-pressure Computing Devices 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Safariland, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safariland, LLC's lead technology class is F41C (Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor), 22.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41C
Ranked #6,834 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safariland, LLC against SKF Magnetic Mechatronics, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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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