Where does SF Motors, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SF Motors, Inc. ranks #4,981 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 SF Motors, Inc. hold?

SF Motors, Inc. holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is SF Motors, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SF Motors, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.0 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SF Motors, Inc. focus on?

SF Motors, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 47 patents, ranking #176 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

Is SF Motors, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SF Motors, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +118% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SF Motors, Inc.'s patents?

SF Motors, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 SF Motors, 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

SF Motors, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 41 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SF ranks #4,981 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 41 technology areas.

#4,981
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.0/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: +118%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4981 · US Corporation #4,981 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,981/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pelican Imaging
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +118% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pelican Imaging 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 SF’s 49.0 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 14.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.1 pts (0%) Breadth 22.6 pts (46%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Davol · near

49
Mandiant · near

49
Plastipak Packaging · near

49
SF Motors · this assignee

49
Würth International · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SF's Innovation Score is 49.0/100 (top 15% 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 SF?

Each dot is one of SF’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). SF’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SF's grants concentrate

SF Motors, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 67.1% of grants classified under Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (31 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, SF sits between Popsockets LLC and Senseware, Inc..

SF's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SF Motors, Inc. moved from 68 to 1 grants (0.01x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Popsockets

70
Pelican Imaging

70
Rf360 Singapore P…

70
Raffel Systems

70
Shanghai Institut…

70
Spts

70
Stmicroelectronic…

70
Senseware

70
SF Motors ◀

70

What this shows SF holds 70 patents at rank #4,980, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SF

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,980 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), SF ranks #176 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Plastipak Packaging, Inc. 49 Würth International AG 49 Davol Inc. 49 Mandiant, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Tibco Software Inc. 19.2 avg Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen 19.2 avg Dril-Quip, Inc. 19.2 avg Senomyx, Inc. 19.2 avg

SF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SF Motors, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.4%
2019	21	30.0%
2020	31	44.3%
2021	16	22.9%
2022	1	1.4%

Which technologies does SF Motors, Inc. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 47

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 45

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 31

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 28

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 16

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 12

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 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 7

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

Top 15 of 41 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

SF Motors, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SF Motors, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 67.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #4,981 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SF Motors, Inc. against Popsockets LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.0/100 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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