Where does Second Spectrum, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Second Spectrum, Inc. ranks #13,672 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 Second Spectrum, Inc. hold?

Second Spectrum, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Second Spectrum, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Second Spectrum, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th 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 Second Spectrum, Inc. focus on?

Second Spectrum, Inc.'s top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 22 patents, ranking #477 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Second Spectrum, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Second Spectrum, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +240% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Second Spectrum, Inc.'s patents?

Second Spectrum, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Second Spectrum, 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

Second Spectrum, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Second ranks #13,672 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,672
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +240%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13672 · US Corporation #13,672 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,672/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schwing
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +240% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schwing 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 Second’s 34.9 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 10.8 pts (31%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Second Spectrum · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Second's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th 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 Second?

Each dot is one of Second’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). Second’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Second's grants concentrate

Second Spectrum, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Second sits between Syntel, Inc. and Shenzhen Aukey E-Business Co., Ltd..

Second's three-year grant acceleration

Second Spectrum, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Syntel

22
Schwing

22
Sciencelogic

22
Scrub Daddy

22
Serio-us Industri…

22
Seven Marine

22
Sharrow Engineeri…

22
Shenzhen Aukey E-…

22
Second Spectrum ◀

22

What this shows Second holds 22 patents at rank #13,693, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Second

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,693 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Second's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

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

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Second Spectrum, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	5	22.7%
2020	9	40.9%
2021	5	22.7%
2022	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Second Spectrum, Inc. patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 22

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 21

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 17

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 16

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Second Spectrum, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Second Spectrum, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #13,672 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Second Spectrum, Inc. against Syntel, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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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