Where does Safe Marine Transfer, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safe Marine Transfer, LLC ranks #27,295 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 Marine Transfer, LLC hold?

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's Innovation Score?

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Safe Marine Transfer, LLC focus on?

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 6 patents, ranking #129 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's patents?

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Marine Transfer, 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

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safe ranks #27,295 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 10 technology areas.

#27,295
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27295 · US Corporation #27,295 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,295/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Recycling
CPC-FOCUS B63B · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SA Recycling 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 50.6 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 8.3 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safe Marine Transfer · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safe's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safe's grants concentrate

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Safe sits between S.A.S. of Luxemburg, LLC and Sanexen Environmental Services Inc..

Safe's three-year grant acceleration

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

S of Luxemburg

10
S M S Smart Micro…

10
Recycling

10
Sabre Intellectua…

10
Sage Science

10
Samp S P A CON Un…

10
Samplix APS

10
Sanexen Environme…

10
Safe Marine Trans… ◀

10

What this shows Safe holds 10 patents at rank #27,287, 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 #27,287 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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)

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Safe Marine Transfer, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Safe Marine Transfer, LLC patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 3

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 2

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Marine Transfer, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safe Marine Transfer, LLC's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #27,295 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safe Marine Transfer, LLC against S.A.S. of Luxemburg, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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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