Where does Sapphire Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sapphire Technologies, Inc. ranks #17,149 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 Sapphire Technologies, Inc. hold?

Sapphire Technologies, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Sapphire Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sapphire Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sapphire Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Sapphire Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines) with 15 patents, ranking #192 of 1,724 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Sapphire Technologies, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Sapphire Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Sapphire Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Sapphire Technologies, 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

Sapphire Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sapphire ranks #17,149 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 23 technology areas.

#17,149
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17149 · US Corporation #17,149 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,149/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sapporo Breweries
CPC-FOCUS H02K · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sapporo Breweries Limited (±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 Sapphire’s 58.5 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 10.0 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 17.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sapphire · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sapphire's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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 Sapphire?

Each dot is one of Sapphire’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). Sapphire’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sapphire's grants concentrate

Sapphire Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Sapphire sits between Surgical Design Corporation and Schenck Process Europe GmbH.

Sapphire's three-year grant acceleration

Sapphire Technologies, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Surgical Design

17
Suzhou Sonavox

17
Syntilla Medical

17
Sysnav

17
Sapporo Breweries

17
Scality

17
Schaltbau

17
Schenck Process E…

17
Sapphire ◀

17

What this shows Sapphire holds 17 patents at rank #17,200, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sapphire

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,200 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines)

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

Sapphire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sapphire Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	5	29.4%
2024	4	23.5%
2025partial year	8	47.1%

Which technologies does Sapphire Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 15

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 13

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 12

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 9

F01K - Steam Engine PLANTS; Steam ACCUMULATORS; Engine Plants NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Engines Using Special Working Fluids OR Cycles 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 3

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

F03D - Wind Motors 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 1

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 1

Top 15 of 23 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

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

Sapphire Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H02K (Dynamo-electric Machines), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02K
Ranked #17,149 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sapphire Technologies, Inc. against Surgical Design Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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.