Where does SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV ranks #6,479 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 SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV hold?

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's Innovation Score?

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV has an Innovation Score of 58.0 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV focus on?

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 43 patents, ranking #20 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV.

What does claim depth mean for SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's patents?

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's patents average 19.9 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 SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV 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

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SDC ranks #6,479 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 24 technology areas.

#6,479
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6479 · US Corporation #6,479 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,479/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NewAge Products
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NewAge Products 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 SDC’s 58.0 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 13.7 pts (24%) Velocity 15.0 pts (26%) Breadth 17.3 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brookhaven Science… · near

58
Nabors Drilling USA · near

58
SDC U S SmilePay SPV · this assignee

58
Flender · near

58
Shandong University… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SDC's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (top 5% 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 SDC?

Each dot is one of SDC’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). SDC’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SDC's grants concentrate

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 82.7% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (15 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2020. By volume, SDC sits between NewAge Products Inc. and Shop VAC Corporation.

SDC's three-year grant acceleration

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV shows 36 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Newage Products

52
Outbrain

52
Procept Bioroboti…

52
Quarsa

52
Shavelogic

52
Shenzhen Carku Te…

52
Shenzhen Neewer T…

52
Shop VAC

52
SDC U S Smilepay… ◀

52

What this shows SDC holds 52 patents at rank #6,478, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SDC

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,478 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SDC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), SDC ranks #20 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc. 58 Flender GmbH 58 Shandong University OF Science AND Technology 58 Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.9 here).

Citicorp Credit Services, Inc. (USA) 19.9 avg SiFive, Inc. 19.9 avg Qualtrics, LLC 19.9 avg Ofinno, LLC 19.9 avg

SDC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	7.7%
2021	12	23.1%
2022	15	28.8%
2023	7	13.5%
2024	14	26.9%

Which technologies does SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 43

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 18

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

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 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 6

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 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 4

A46B - Brushes 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

Top 15 of 24 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

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 82.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #6,479 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV against NewAge Products Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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.