Where does Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. ranks #21,716 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 Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. hold?

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s patents?

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s patents average 5.2 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 Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. 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

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.

Q: What technology areas does Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. focus on?

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 4 patents, ranking #1,358 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safe ranks #21,716 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 7 technology areas.

#21,716
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 5.2
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21716 · US Corporation #21,716 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,716/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safe Flight Instrument
CPC-NARROW B29C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safe Flight Instrument, LLC (±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 Safe’s 26.6 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 9.1 pts (34%) Velocity 5.0 pts (19%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 3.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Safe Life Defense L… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Safe's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st percentile 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 Safe?

Each dot is one of Safe’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). Safe’s own 5.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Safe's grants concentrate

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Safe sits between Swnr Development, LLC and Sandvik SRP AB.

Safe's three-year grant acceleration

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Swnr Development

13
Symphony Communic…

13
Synergy Sports Te…

13
Safe Flight Instr…

13
Safeway Safety St…

13
Sanderling Manage…

13
Sandgroup Interna…

13
Sandvik SRP AB

13
Safe Life Defense… ◀

13

What this shows Safe holds 13 patents at rank #21,783, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safe

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,783 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Safe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	7.7%
2020	2	15.4%
2021	2	15.4%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	5	38.5%

Which technologies does Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

D06H - Marking, Inspecting, Seaming OR Severing Textile Materials 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 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

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safe Life Defense, L.L.C.'s lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #21,716 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safe Life Defense, L.L.C. against Swnr Development, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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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