Where does Seeing Machines Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seeing Machines Limited ranks #17,163 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 Seeing Machines Limited hold?

Seeing Machines Limited holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Seeing Machines Limited's Innovation Score?

Seeing Machines Limited has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Seeing Machines Limited focus on?

Seeing Machines Limited's top technology area is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding) with 16 patents, ranking #622 of 5,108 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seeing Machines Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seeing Machines Limited's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Seeing Machines Limited's patents?

Seeing Machines Limited's patents average 18.7 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 Seeing Machines Limited 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

Seeing Machines Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 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: G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Seeing ranks #17,163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#17,163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17163 · Foreign Corporation #17,163 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,163/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schunk & KG…
CPC-FOCUS G06V · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schunk GmbH &Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik (±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 Seeing’s 39.4 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 (25%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seeing Machines · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seeing's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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 Seeing?

Each dot is one of Seeing’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). Seeing’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Seeing's grants concentrate

Seeing Machines Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Seeing sits between Schunk GmbH &Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik and Shanghai Hugong Electric (GROUP) Co., Ltd..

Seeing's three-year grant acceleration

Seeing Machines Limited shows 6 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.

Schunk & KG Spann…

17
Schwan-stabilo Co…

17
Scopearound

17
Scripps Health

17
Seiko Group

17
SFT Laboratory

17
Shanghai Chule (C…

17
Shanghai Hugong E…

17
Seeing Machines ◀

17

What this shows Seeing holds 17 patents at rank #17,154, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seeing

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,154 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding)

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

Seeing's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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Seeing Machines Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2019	3	17.6%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	4	23.5%
2024	2	11.8%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Seeing Machines Limited patent most?

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Seeing Machines Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Seeing Machines Limited's lead technology class is G06V (Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06V
Ranked #17,163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seeing Machines Limited against Schunk GmbH &Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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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