Where does Sidewalk Labs LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sidewalk Labs LLC ranks #33,317 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 Sidewalk Labs LLC hold?

Sidewalk Labs LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Sidewalk Labs LLC's Innovation Score?

Sidewalk Labs LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sidewalk Labs LLC focus on?

Sidewalk Labs LLC's top technology area is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse) with 3 patents, ranking #48 of 127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sidewalk Labs LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sidewalk Labs LLC's recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sidewalk Labs LLC's patents?

Sidewalk Labs LLC's patents average 19.8 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 Sidewalk Labs LLC 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

Sidewalk Labs LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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: B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sidewalk ranks #33,317 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,317
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33317 · US Corporation #33,317 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,317/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sichuan Xingzhi…
CPC-NARROW B65F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sichuan Xingzhi Zhihui Intellectual Property Operation 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 Sidewalk’s 31.4 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 (24%) Velocity 4.0 pts (13%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sidewalk Labs · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sidewalk's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th percentile 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 Sidewalk?

Each dot is one of Sidewalk’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). Sidewalk’s own 19.8 claims/patent is at or below the 19.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sidewalk's grants concentrate

Sidewalk Labs LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Sidewalk sits between SiFly Aviation, Inc. and Signix, Inc..

Sidewalk's three-year grant acceleration

Sidewalk Labs LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Sifly Aviation

8
Sichuan Xingzhi Z…

8
Sideprize

8
Sidense

8
Sierra Sciences

8
Signature Science

8
Significs and Ele…

8
Signix

8
Sidewalk Labs ◀

8

What this shows Sidewalk holds 8 patents at rank #33,394, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sidewalk

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,394 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse)

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

Sidewalk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

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

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Sidewalk Labs LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	3	37.5%
2022	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Sidewalk Labs LLC patent most?

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sidewalk Labs LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sidewalk Labs LLC's lead technology class is B65F (Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65F
Ranked #33,317 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sidewalk Labs LLC against SiFly Aviation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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