Where does Safway Services, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Safway Services, LLC ranks #33,142 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 Safway Services, LLC hold?

Safway Services, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Safway Services, LLC's Innovation Score?

Safway Services, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Safway Services, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Safway Services, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Safway Services, LLC's patents?

Safway Services, LLC's patents average 31.6 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 Safway Services, 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

Safway Services, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Safway Services, LLC focus on?

Safway Services, LLC's top technology area is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings) with 8 patents, ranking #33 of 310 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Safway ranks #33,142 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#33,142
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 31.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33142 · US Corporation #33,142 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,142/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SAEC/Kinetic Vision
CPC-NARROW E04G · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 31.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc. (±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 Safway’s 31.3 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 7.6 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (48%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Safway Services · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Safway's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 Safway?

Each dot is one of Safway’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). Safway’s own 31.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Safway's grants concentrate

Safway Services, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Safway sits between SAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc. and Sanden Retail Systems Corporation.

SAEC/Kinetic Visi…

8
Safecom 911

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Saferide

8
Safran Data Syste…

8
Saint-gobain Emba…

8
Samyoung Machinery

8
San-apro

8
Sanden Retail Sys…

8
Safway Services ◀

8

What this shows Safway holds 8 patents at rank #33,124, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Safway

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,124 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04G (Scaffolding)

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

Safway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Safway Services, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	4	50.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Safway Services, LLC patent most?

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 8

E01D - Construction OF Bridges, ; Elevated ROADWAYS; OR VIADUCTS; Assembly OF Bridges 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Safway Services, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Safway Services, LLC's lead technology class is E04G (SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04G
Ranked #33,142 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Safway Services, LLC against SAEC/Kinetic Vision, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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