Where does Sandel Avionics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sandel Avionics Inc. ranks #37,328 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 Sandel Avionics Inc. hold?

Sandel Avionics Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Sandel Avionics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sandel Avionics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.2 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sandel Avionics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sandel Avionics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Sandel Avionics Inc.'s patents?

Sandel Avionics Inc.'s patents average 10.1 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 Sandel Avionics 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

Sandel Avionics Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sandel Avionics Inc. focus on?

Sandel Avionics Inc.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sandel ranks #37,328 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#37,328
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.2/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37328 · US Corporation #37,328 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,328/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samsung SDS America
CPC-NARROW G01C · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung SDS America, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sandel Avionics · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sandel's Innovation Score is 21.2/100 (8th 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.

Where Sandel's grants concentrate

Sandel Avionics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sandel sits between Samsung SDS America, Inc. and Sant'orsola Societa' Cooperativa Agricola.

Samsung SDS Ameri…

7
Samsung Total Pet…

7
Samwon ACT

7
San-ei Kagaku

7
Sandora Household…

7
Sani-tech West

7
Sanoculis

7
Sant'orsola Socie…

7
Sandel Avionics ◀

7

What this shows Sandel holds 7 patents at rank #37,295, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sandel

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,295 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Sandel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Sandel Avionics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2021	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Sandel Avionics Inc. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,328

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sandel Avionics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sandel Avionics Inc.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #37,328 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sandel Avionics Inc. against Samsung SDS America, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.2/100 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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