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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saife, Inc. ranks #19,106 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 Saife, Inc. hold?

Saife, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Saife, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Saife, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.5 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saife, Inc. focus on?

Saife, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 15 patents, ranking #1,732 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Saife, Inc.'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 Saife, Inc.'s patents?

Saife, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Saife, 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

Saife, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saife ranks #19,106 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 3 technology areas.

#19,106
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.5/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19106 · US Corporation #19,106 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,106/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Robern
CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Robern, 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 Saife’s 26.5 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 9.6 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saife · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saife's Innovation Score is 26.5/100 (20th 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 Saife?

Each dot is one of Saife’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). Saife’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Saife's grants concentrate

Saife, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Saife sits between Robern, Inc. and Sawafuji Electric Co., Ltd..

Robern

15
S&Sx-ray Products

15
Saf-t-glo

15
Saic Motor

15
Saint-gobain Ecop…

15
Sankei Giken Kogyo

15
Sarcode Bioscience

15
Sawafuji Electric

15
Saife ◀

15

What this shows Saife holds 15 patents at rank #19,100, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saife

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,100 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Saife's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Saife, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	40.0%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	6	40.0%

Which technologies does Saife, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Saife, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #19,106 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saife, Inc. against Robern, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.