Where does Seerstone, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Seerstone, LLC ranks #12,211 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 Seerstone, LLC hold?

Seerstone, LLC holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Seerstone, LLC's Innovation Score?

Seerstone, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Seerstone, LLC focus on?

Seerstone, LLC's top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 22 patents, ranking #101 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Seerstone, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Seerstone, LLC's recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Seerstone, LLC's patents?

Seerstone, LLC's patents average 16.9 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 Seerstone, 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

Seerstone, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Seerstone ranks #12,211 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 29 technology areas.

#12,211
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12211 · US Corporation #12,211 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,211/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sabert
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sabert Corporation (±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 Seerstone’s 43.8 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 11.3 pts (26%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 19.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arsenal Medical · near

44
Integrated Silicon… · near

44
Intelligent… · near

44
Rockwell Automation · near

44
Seerstone · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Seerstone's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Seerstone?

Each dot is one of Seerstone’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). Seerstone’s own 16.9 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.

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

Where Seerstone's grants concentrate

Seerstone, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 88% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Seerstone sits between Switch Materials, Inc. and Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd..

Seerstone's three-year grant acceleration

Seerstone, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Switch Materials

25
Sabert

25
Saitama Medical U…

25
Schleifring

25
Shachihata

25
Shanghai Biren Te…

25
Shieldx Networks

25
Shin Nippon Biome…

25
Seerstone ◀

25

What this shows Seerstone holds 25 patents at rank #12,235, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Seerstone

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,235 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Seerstone, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C01B (Non-metallic Elements), Seerstone ranks #101 of 1,689 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Intelligent Agricultural Solutions LLC 44 Rockwell Automation, Inc. 44 Arsenal Medical, Inc. 44 Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. 44

Seerstone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Seerstone, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.0%
2016	1	4.0%
2017	11	44.0%
2018	5	20.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2023	1	4.0%
2024	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Seerstone, LLC patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 22

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B01D - Separation 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Seerstone, LLC's lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 88% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #12,211 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Seerstone, LLC against Switch Materials, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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