Where does SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 ranks #5,318 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 SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 hold?

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's Innovation Score?

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 has an Innovation Score of 27.3 out of 100 (23rd 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 SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 focus on?

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 5 patents, ranking #163 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's recent grant velocity is +105% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's patents?

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's patents average 2.2 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 SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 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 Foreign Corporation

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SDS ranks #5,318 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 4 technology areas.

#5,318
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.3/100): 2.2
avg claims per patent: +105%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5318 · Foreign Corporation #5,318 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,318/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RefleXion Medical
CPC-NARROW B63B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +105% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RefleXion Medical, 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 SDS’s 27.3 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 14.5 pts (53%) Velocity 4.4 pts (16%) Breadth 7.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 1.3 pts (5%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carl Zeiss Sports… · near

27
SDS Asia BVI #1748971 · this assignee

27
Vermont Juvenile… · near

27
Fractus Antennas S L · near

27
North & South… · near

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SDS's Innovation Score is 27.3/100 (23rd 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 SDS?

Each dot is one of SDS’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). SDS’s own 2.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SDS's grants concentrate

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 7.7% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, SDS sits between RefleXion Medical, Inc. and Seven Bridges Genomics Inc..

SDS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 moved from 27 to 18 grants (0.67x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Reflexion Medical

65
Relign

65
Reno

65
Saes Getters S P A

65
Seikagaku

65
SPR Therapeutics

65
Schneider Toshiba…

65
Seven Bridges Gen…

65
SDS Asia BVI #174… ◀

65

What this shows SDS holds 65 patents at rank #5,316, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SDS

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,316 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SDS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels), SDS ranks #163 of 645 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).

Vermont Juvenile Furniture Mfg., Inc. 27 Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH 27 Fractus Antennas, S.L. 27 North & South Brother Pharmacy Investment Company Limited 27

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.2 here).

Ningbo Tuotuo River Design Company 2.2 avg InterDesign, Inc. 2.2 avg Okamura Corporation 2.2 avg Chubby Gorilla, Inc. 2.2 avg

SDS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.1%
2016	6	9.2%
2017	4	6.2%
2018	4	6.2%
2019	4	6.2%
2020	6	9.2%
2021	17	26.2%
2022	4	6.2%
2023	3	4.6%
2024	11	16.9%
2025partial year	4	6.2%

Which technologies does SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 5

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 2

E01D - Construction OF Bridges, ; Elevated ROADWAYS; OR VIADUCTS; Assembly OF Bridges 1

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 1

Top 4 of 4 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

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 7.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #5,318 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SDS Asia Limited, BVI #1748971 against RefleXion Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.3/100 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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