Where does Sauder Manufacturing Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sauder Manufacturing Co. ranks #19,112 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 Sauder Manufacturing Co. hold?

Sauder Manufacturing Co. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s Innovation Score?

Sauder Manufacturing Co. has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st 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 Sauder Manufacturing Co. focus on?

Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 11 patents, ranking #72 of 728 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s patents?

Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s patents average 17.7 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 Sauder Manufacturing Co. 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

Sauder Manufacturing Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sauder ranks #19,112 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#19,112
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19112 · US Corporation #19,112 · 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 #19,112/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SafeOp Surgical
CPC-NARROW A47C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SafeOp Surgical, 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 Sauder’s 29.5 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 (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sauder Manufacturing · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sauder's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 Sauder?

Each dot is one of Sauder’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). Sauder’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sauder's grants concentrate

Sauder Manufacturing Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 73.3% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sauder sits between Swift Engineering, Inc. and Scholly Fiberoptic GmbH.

Swift Engineering

15
Safeop Surgical

15
Samsung Corning P…

15
Saphena Medical

15
Scale AI

15
Scenera

15
Scentsy

15
Scholly Fiberoptic

15
Sauder Manufactur… ◀

15

What this shows Sauder holds 15 patents at rank #19,147, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sauder

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,147 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Sauder's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Sauder Manufacturing Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	26.7%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	5	33.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2020	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Sauder Manufacturing Co. patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 11

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 4

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 3

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sauder Manufacturing Co.'s lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #19,112 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sauder Manufacturing Co. against Swift Engineering, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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.