Where does Sierra Circuits, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sierra Circuits, Inc. ranks #30,137 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 Sierra Circuits, Inc. hold?

Sierra Circuits, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Sierra Circuits, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sierra Circuits, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Sierra Circuits, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Sierra Circuits, Inc.'s patents?

Sierra Circuits, Inc.'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 Sierra Circuits, 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

Sierra Circuits, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sierra Circuits, Inc. focus on?

Sierra Circuits, Inc.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 9 patents, ranking #652 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sierra ranks #30,137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#30,137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30137 · US Corporation #30,137 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,137/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ShotSpotz
CPC-NARROW H05K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ShotSpotz 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 Sierra’s 26.9 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 8.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sierra Circuits · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sierra's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 Sierra?

Each dot is one of Sierra’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). Sierra’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sierra's grants concentrate

Sierra Circuits, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Sierra sits between ShotSpotz LLC and Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc..

Shotspotz

9
Shuttle Pharmaceu…

9
Sicage

9
Sico Incorporated

9
Sika Hamatite

9
Silicon Hill B V

9
Silicon Laborator…

9
Silver State Inte…

9
Sierra Circuits ◀

9

What this shows Sierra holds 9 patents at rank #30,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sierra

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Sierra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sierra Circuits, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	22.2%
2017	4	44.4%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Sierra Circuits, Inc. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Sierra Circuits, Inc.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #30,137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sierra Circuits, Inc. against ShotSpotz LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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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