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Safeway Safety Step, Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A47K (SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ; TOILET ACCESSORIES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safeway ranks #21,717 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 3 technology areas.

#21,717
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100)
16.6
avg claims per patent
-14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21717 · US Corporation #21,717 · 13 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
  • MID-PACK #21,717/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH Safe Flight Instrument
  • CPC-NARROW A47K · 3 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DOWN -14% 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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Safeway

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Safeway's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Where Safeway's grants concentrate

Safeway Safety Step, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under A47K (SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ; TOILET ACCESSORIES). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Safeway sits between Symphony Communication Services Holdings Llc and Sartec Corporation.

Who files at Safeway's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Safeway holds 13 patents at rank #21,784, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Safeway

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,784 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Safeway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). Below this entry. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Below this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). This entry sits in this band. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Safeway Safety Step, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 1 7.7%
2016 1 7.7%
2017 4 30.8%
2018 1 7.7%
2020 1 7.7%
2022 2 15.4%
2023 1 7.7%
2024 2 15.4%

Which technologies does Safeway Safety Step, Llc patent most?

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,717

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?
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

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