Where does S&B Technical Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), S&B Technical Products, Inc. ranks #14,246 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 S&B Technical Products, Inc. hold?

S&B Technical Products, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

S&B Technical Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +117% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s patents?

S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s patents average 7.7 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 S&B Technical Products, 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

S&B Technical Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does S&B Technical Products, Inc. focus on?

S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s top technology area is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General) with 17 patents, ranking #102 of 1,907 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, S&b ranks #14,246 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 21 technology areas.

#14,246
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: +117%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14246 · US Corporation #14,246 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,246/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Red Point Positioning
CPC-FOCUS F16L · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +117% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Red Point Positioning Corporation (±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 S&b’s 44.8 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 10.7 pts (24%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 16.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
S&B Technical Products · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows S&b's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 S&b?

Each dot is one of S&b’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). S&b’s own 7.7 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where S&b's grants concentrate

S&B Technical Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 81% of grants classified under F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, S&b sits between Red Point Positioning Corporation and Scenera Mobile Technologies, LLC.

S&b's three-year grant acceleration

S&B Technical Products, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Red Point Positio…

21
Red Spot Paint &…

21
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21
Rolls-royce Solut…

21
Sakura Finetek Ja…

21
Sandbox Enterpris…

21
Sayfa R&D PTY

21
Scenera Mobile

21
S&B Technical Pro… ◀

21

What this shows S&B holds 21 patents at rank #14,238, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near S&B

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,238 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16L (Pipes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in S&B's primary technology class.

S&b's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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S&B Technical Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	9.5%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	2	9.5%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	4	19.0%
2023	2	9.5%
2024	4	19.0%
2025partial year	2	9.5%

Which technologies does S&B Technical Products, Inc. patent most?

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 17

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 10

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 10

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 8

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 6

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 15 of 21 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

S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

S&B Technical Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16L (PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General), 81% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16L
Ranked #14,246 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare S&B Technical Products, Inc. against Red Point Positioning Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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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