Where does SGS North America Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SGS North America Inc. ranks #33,221 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 SGS North America Inc. hold?

SGS North America Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is SGS North America Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SGS North America Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SGS North America Inc. focus on?

SGS North America Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 7 patents, ranking #2,018 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is SGS North America Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SGS North America Inc.'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 SGS North America Inc.'s patents?

SGS North America Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 SGS North America 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

SGS North America Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SGS ranks #33,221 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#33,221
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33221 · US Corporation #33,221 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,221/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Separation Design…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Separation Design Group LLC (±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 SGS’s 36.2 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 (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SGS North America · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SGS's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 SGS?

Each dot is one of SGS’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). SGS’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SGS's grants concentrate

SGS North America Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, SGS sits between Separation Design Group LLC and Shanghai Oceania International Co., Ltd..

SGS's three-year grant acceleration

SGS North America Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Separation Design…

8
Sericol

8
Serimax Holdings

8
Seymour OF Sycamo…

8
Shanghai Aobo Pha…

8
Shanghai Integrat…

8
Shanghai Kumhosun…

8
Shanghai Oceania…

8
SGS North America ◀

8

What this shows SGS holds 8 patents at rank #33,165, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SGS

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,165 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

SGS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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SGS North America Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does SGS North America Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

Top 6 of 6 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

SGS North America Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SGS North America Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #33,221 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SGS North America Inc. against Separation Design Group LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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