Where does Sensortek Technology Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sensortek Technology Corp. ranks #9,617 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 Sensortek Technology Corp. hold?

Sensortek Technology Corp. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Sensortek Technology Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Sensortek Technology Corp. has an Innovation Score of 54.9 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sensortek Technology Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sensortek Technology Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +163% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sensortek Technology Corp.'s patents?

Sensortek Technology Corp.'s patents average 10.8 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 Sensortek Technology 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 Foreign Corporation

Sensortek Technology Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Sensortek Technology Corp. focus on?

Sensortek Technology Corp.'s top technology area is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry) with 10 patents, ranking #123 of 1,478 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sensortek ranks #9,617 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 24 technology areas.

#9,617
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.9/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +163%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9617 · Foreign Corporation #9,617 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,617/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH San Diego Gas &…
CPC-FOCUS G01J · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +163% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: San Diego Gas & Electric Company (±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 Sensortek’s 54.9 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 12.2 pts (22%) Velocity 18.9 pts (34%) Breadth 17.3 pts (32%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Membrane Technology… · near

55
Hunting Titan · near

55
Sensortek Technology · this assignee

55
The University Of… · near

55
Yazaki Energy System · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sensortek's Innovation Score is 54.9/100 (top 7% 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 Sensortek?

Each dot is one of Sensortek’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). Sensortek’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sensortek's grants concentrate

Sensortek Technology Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 30.3% of grants classified under G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sensortek sits between San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Studiengesellschaft Kohle gGmbH.

Sensortek's three-year grant acceleration

Sensortek Technology Corp. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

San Diego Gas & E…

33
Sanovas Intellect…

33
Sarcos LC

33
Schneider & KG

33
Shenzhen Longzhiy…

33
Siemens

33
Sony Europe B V

33
Studiengesellscha…

33
Sensortek Technol… ◀

33

What this shows Sensortek holds 33 patents at rank #9,624, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sensortek

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,624 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01J (Measurement OF Intensity)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sensortek, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01J (Measurement OF Intensity), Sensortek ranks #123 of 1,478 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Yazaki Energy System Corporation 55 Hunting Titan, Inc. 55 The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte 55 Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. 55

Sensortek's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sensortek Technology Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	6.1%
2017	1	3.0%
2018	3	9.1%
2019	2	6.1%
2021	4	12.1%
2022	5	15.2%
2023	6	18.2%
2024	6	18.2%
2025partial year	4	12.1%

Which technologies does Sensortek Technology Corp. patent most?

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H03K - Pulse Technique 7

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 6

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

Top 15 of 24 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

Sensortek Technology Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sensortek Technology Corp.'s lead technology class is G01J (Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry), 30.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01J
Ranked #9,617 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sensortek Technology Corp. against San Diego Gas & Electric Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.9/100 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.

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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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