Where does Seahorse Equipment Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seahorse Equipment Corp. ranks #18,082 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 Seahorse Equipment Corp. hold?

Seahorse Equipment Corp. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Seahorse Equipment Corp. has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th 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 Seahorse Equipment Corp. focus on?

Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 11 patents, ranking #52 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s patents?

Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s patents average 16.8 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 Seahorse Equipment Corp. 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

Seahorse Equipment Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, Seahorse ranks #18,082 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,082
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18082 · US Corporation #18,082 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,082/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schillinger Genetics
CPC-NARROW B63B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schillinger Genetics, 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 Seahorse’s 29.2 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seahorse Equipment · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seahorse's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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 Seahorse?

Each dot is one of Seahorse’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). Seahorse’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Seahorse's grants concentrate

Seahorse Equipment Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Seahorse sits between Schillinger Genetics, Inc. and Sevcon Limited.

Schillinger Genet…

16
Schroth Safety Pr…

16
Schukra Geratebau

16
Scientific Compon…

16
Seakr Engineering

16
Segan Industries

16
Sensity Systems

16
Sevcon

16
Seahorse Equipment ◀

16

What this shows Seahorse holds 16 patents at rank #18,123, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seahorse

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,123 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Seahorse's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Seahorse Equipment Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	8	50.0%
2017	5	31.3%

Which technologies does Seahorse Equipment Corp. patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 11

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 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

Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seahorse Equipment Corp.'s lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #18,082 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seahorse Equipment Corp. against Schillinger Genetics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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.