Where does Serac Group rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Serac Group ranks #15,606 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 Serac Group hold?

Serac Group holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Serac Group's Innovation Score?

Serac Group has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Serac Group's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Serac Group's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Serac Group's patents?

Serac Group's patents average 11.2 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 Serac Group 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

Serac Group

Q: What technology areas does Serac Group focus on?

Serac Group's top technology area is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels) with 11 patents, ranking #8 of 129 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 14 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: B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Serac ranks #15,606 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,606
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15606 · Foreign Corporation #15,606 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,606/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sekonix
CPC-FOCUS B67C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sekonix Co., Ltd. (±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 Serac’s 37.0 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 10.3 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 13.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Serac Group · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Serac's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Serac?

Each dot is one of Serac’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). Serac’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Serac's grants concentrate

Serac Group is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Serac sits between Sekonix Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Xinhao Microelectronics Co. Ltd..

Serac's three-year grant acceleration

Serac Group shows 4 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.

Sekonix

19
Selenium Medical

19
Sensorview

19
Sentec

19
SES Holdings Pte

19
Shandong Jianzhu…

19
Shanghai Micropor…

19
Shanghai Xinhao M…

19
Serac Group ◀

19

What this shows Serac holds 19 patents at rank #15,595, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Serac

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,595 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67C (Cleaning)

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

Serac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Serac Group patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	5	26.3%
2017	4	21.1%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	2	10.5%
2024	4	21.1%

Which technologies does Serac Group patent most?

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 11

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 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

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 1

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

G01G - Weighing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Serac Group's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Serac Group's lead technology class is B67C (Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67C
Ranked #15,606 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Serac Group against Sekonix Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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