Where does SDL Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SDL Inc. ranks #8,476 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 SDL Inc. hold?

SDL Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is SDL Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SDL Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SDL Inc. focus on?

SDL Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 37 patents, ranking #1,247 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

SDL Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for SDL Inc.'s patents?

SDL Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 SDL 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

SDL Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SDL ranks #8,476 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 5 technology areas.

#8,476
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8476 · US Corporation #8,476 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,476/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Red Bull
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Red Bull GmbH (±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 SDL’s 38.1 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 12.7 pts (33%) Velocity 5.6 pts (15%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cavendish Kinetics · near

38
Concert Pharmaceutic… · near

38
D R Systems · near

38
SDL · this assignee

38
Shoot-A-Way · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SDL's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 SDL?

Each dot is one of SDL’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). SDL’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SDL's grants concentrate

SDL Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 97.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, SDL sits between Red Bull GmbH and Sapience Therapeutics, Inc..

SDL's three-year grant acceleration

SDL Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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 Bull

38
S D Sight Diagnos…

38
SBI Pharmaceutica…

38
Sdcmaterials

38
Shenzhen Hithium…

38
Suzhou Institute…

38
Sync-rx

38
Sapience Therapeu…

38
SDL ◀

38

What this shows SDL holds 38 patents at rank #8,474, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SDL

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,474 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SDL, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), SDL ranks #1,247 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

D.R. Systems, Inc. 38 Shoot-A-Way, Inc. 38 Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 38 Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. 38

SDL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SDL Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	5.3%
2017	3	7.9%
2018	4	10.5%
2019	7	18.4%
2020	3	7.9%
2021	3	7.9%
2022	5	13.2%
2023	3	7.9%
2024	3	7.9%
2025partial year	5	13.2%

Which technologies does SDL Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 37

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 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

SDL Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 97.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #8,476 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SDL Inc. against Red Bull GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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