Where does Safeguard Equipment, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safeguard Equipment, Inc. ranks #42,773 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 Safeguard Equipment, Inc. hold?

Safeguard Equipment, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Safeguard Equipment, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Safeguard Equipment, Inc. focus on?

Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 5 patents, ranking #884 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Safeguard Equipment, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s patents?

Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 Safeguard Equipment, 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

Safeguard Equipment, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safeguard ranks #42,773 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#42,773
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42773 · US Corporation #42,773 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,773/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safe Hydrogen
CPC-NARROW G01R · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safe Hydrogen, 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 Safeguard’s 37.2 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 8.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safeguard Equipment · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safeguard's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Safeguard?

Each dot is one of Safeguard’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). Safeguard’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safeguard's grants concentrate

Safeguard Equipment, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). By volume, Safeguard sits between SafKan, Inc. and Sage Vertical Garden Systems, LLC.

Safeguard's three-year grant acceleration

Safeguard Equipment, Inc. shows 2 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.

Safkan

6
Safe Hydrogen

6
Safemoon US

6
Safenet Internati…

6
Safety Rail

6
Safety Walker

6
Safran & Defense…

6
Sage Vertical Gar…

6
Safeguard Equipme… ◀

6

What this shows Safeguard holds 6 patents at rank #43,076, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safeguard

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,076 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Safeguard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Safeguard Equipment, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2025partial year	3	50.0%

Which technologies does Safeguard Equipment, Inc. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

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

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safeguard Equipment, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #42,773 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safeguard Equipment, Inc. against SafKan, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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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