Where does Sherpa Space Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sherpa Space Inc. ranks #37,515 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 Sherpa Space Inc. hold?

Sherpa Space Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Sherpa Space Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sherpa Space Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sherpa Space Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Sherpa Space Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Sherpa Space Inc.'s patents?

Sherpa Space Inc.'s patents average 12.7 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 Sherpa Space 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 Foreign Corporation

Sherpa Space Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sherpa Space Inc. focus on?

Sherpa Space Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sherpa ranks #37,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 20 technology areas.

#37,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37515 · Foreign Corporation #37,515 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Yongfengwan…
CPC-FOCUS A01G · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Yongfengwang Technology Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sherpa Space · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sherpa's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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.

Where Sherpa's grants concentrate

Sherpa Space Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Sherpa sits between Shenzhen Yongfengwang Technology Limited and SHT Smart High-Tech AB.

Sherpa's three-year grant acceleration

Sherpa Space Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Shenzhen Yongfeng…

7
Shenzhen Yuto Pac…

7
Shenzhen Zhonghon…

7
Shenzhenz T Digit…

7
Shin Hung YIH Tec…

7
Shinydocs

7
Shizuoka Prefectu…

7
SHT Smart High-te…

7
Sherpa Space ◀

7

What this shows Sherpa holds 7 patents at rank #37,409, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sherpa

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,409 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Sherpa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Sherpa Space Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Sherpa Space Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01W - Meteorology 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,515

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sherpa Space Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sherpa Space Inc.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #37,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sherpa Space Inc. against Shenzhen Yongfengwang Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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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