Where does Sfara, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sfara, Inc. ranks #33,220 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 Sfara, Inc. hold?

Sfara, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sfara, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sfara, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sfara, Inc. focus on?

Sfara, Inc.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 7 patents, ranking #1,749 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sfara, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Sfara, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Sfara, 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

Sfara, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sfara ranks #33,220 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#33,220
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33220 · US Corporation #33,220 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,220/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Serres Oy
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Serres Oy (±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 Sfara’s 42.9 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 12.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sfara · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sfara's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 30% 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 Sfara?

Each dot is one of Sfara’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). Sfara’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sfara's grants concentrate

Sfara, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). By volume, Sfara sits between Serres Oy and Shanghai Simgui Technology Co., Ltd..

Sfara's three-year grant acceleration

Sfara, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Serres Oy

8
Servi-sure

8
Servomex Group

8
Seton Hall Univer…

8
Shaanxi Universit…

8
Shaare Zedek Scie…

8
Shanghai Makesens…

8
Shanghai Simgui T…

8
Sfara ◀

8

What this shows Sfara holds 8 patents at rank #33,346, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sfara

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,346 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Sfara's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sfara, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	25.0%
2019	2	25.0%
2022	2	25.0%
2024	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Sfara, Inc. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

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 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 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

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

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

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Sfara, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #33,220 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sfara, Inc. against Serres Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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.

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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