Where does Safoco, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safoco, Inc. ranks #11,419 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 Safoco, Inc. hold?

Safoco, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Safoco, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Safoco, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.7 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Safoco, Inc. focus on?

Safoco, Inc.'s top technology area is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating) with 24 patents, ranking #76 of 1,836 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Safoco, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Safoco, Inc.'s patents?

Safoco, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Safoco, 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

Safoco, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 12 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: F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safoco ranks #11,419 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,419
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11419 · US Corporation #11,419 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,419/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Recurium IP Holdings
CPC-FOCUS F16K · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Recurium IP Holdings, 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 Safoco’s 53.7 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 11.5 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (37%) Breadth 12.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Daihen · near

54
Dormakaba Deutschland · near

54
HER Majesty THE… · near

54
Safoco · this assignee

54
Tableau Software · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safoco's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (top 9% 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 Safoco?

Each dot is one of Safoco’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). Safoco’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safoco's grants concentrate

Safoco, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Safoco sits between Recurium IP Holdings, LLC and Sciaps, Inc..

Safoco's three-year grant acceleration

Safoco, Inc. shows 11 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.

Recurium IP Holdi…

27
Redzone Robotics

27
Redpine Signals

27
Reflect Scientific

27
Sakti3

27
Sanden Automotive…

27
SCA Tissue France

27
Sciaps

27
Safoco ◀

27

What this shows Safoco holds 27 patents at rank #11,415, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safoco

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,415 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16K (Valves)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Safoco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16K (Valves), Safoco ranks #76 of 1,836 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Dormakaba Deutschland GMBH 54 HER Majesty THE Queen IN Right OF Canada AS Represented BY THE Minister OF Natual Resources 54 Daihen Corporation 54 Tableau Software, Inc. 54

Safoco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Safoco, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	7	25.9%
2017	1	3.7%
2018	1	3.7%
2020	1	3.7%
2022	4	14.8%
2023	2	7.4%
2024	5	18.5%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Safoco, Inc. patent most?

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 24

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

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

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Safoco, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16K (VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16K
Ranked #11,419 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safoco, Inc. against Recurium IP Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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