Where does Searete LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Searete LLC ranks #17,162 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 Searete LLC hold?

Searete LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Searete LLC's Innovation Score?

Searete LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Searete LLC focus on?

Searete LLC's top technology area is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials) with 10 patents, ranking #303 of 1,637 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Searete LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Searete LLC's recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Searete LLC's patents?

Searete LLC's patents average 29.1 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 Searete LLC 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

Searete LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Searete ranks #17,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 19 technology areas.

#17,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 29.1
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17162 · US Corporation #17,162 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schaltbau
CPC-FOCUS H01Q · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schaltbau 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 Searete’s 42.6 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 10.0 pts (23%) Velocity 2.2 pts (5%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MarathonNorco… · near

43
Searete · this assignee

43
Ashley Diana Black… · near

43
Kunshan New Flat… · near

43
Lungpacer Medical · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Searete's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 Searete?

Each dot is one of Searete’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). Searete’s own 29.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Searete's grants concentrate

Searete LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Searete sits between Schaltbau Gmbh and Sendyne Corporation.

Searete's three-year grant acceleration

Searete LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Schaltbau

17
Schenck Process E…

17
Schweitzer Maudui…

17
Scott Health & Sa…

17
Seekops

17
Seikilife (Shangh…

17
Selkirk Sport

17
Sendyne

17
Searete ◀

17

What this shows Searete holds 17 patents at rank #17,207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Searete

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01Q (Antennas)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Searete, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01Q (Antennas), Searete ranks #303 of 1,637 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

MarathonNorco Aerospace 43 Ashley Diana Black International Holdings, LLC 43 Lungpacer Medical Inc. 43 Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center Co., Ltd. 43

Searete's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Searete LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	6	35.3%
2022	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Searete LLC patent most?

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 8

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Searete LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Searete LLC's lead technology class is H01Q (Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01Q
Ranked #17,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Searete LLC against Schaltbau Gmbh, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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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