Where does Simotec Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Simotec Co., Ltd. ranks #30,147 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 Simotec Co., Ltd. hold?

Simotec Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Simotec Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Simotec Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 49.2 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Simotec Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Simotec Co., Ltd.'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 Simotec Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Simotec Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.6 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 Simotec Co., Ltd. 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

Simotec Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Simotec Co., Ltd. focus on?

Simotec Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #179 of 729 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Simotec ranks #30,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 24 technology areas.

#30,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.2/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30147 · Foreign Corporation #30,147 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silcart SPA
CPC-FOCUS E05Y · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silcart SPA (±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 Simotec’s 49.2 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 8.0 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 17.3 pts (35%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Simotec · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Simotec's Innovation Score is 49.2/100 (top 15% 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 Simotec?

Each dot is one of Simotec’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). Simotec’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Simotec's grants concentrate

Simotec Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Simotec sits between Silcart SPA and Sistalk Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd..

Simotec's three-year grant acceleration

Simotec Co., Ltd. shows 6 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.

Silcart SPA

9
Silicon Holding B…

9
Silvus

9
Sime S R L

9
Simple Works

9
Sinopec Research…

9
Sinphar Pharmaceu…

9
Sistalk Technolog…

9
Simotec ◀

9

What this shows Simotec holds 9 patents at rank #30,049, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Simotec

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,049 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f)

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

Simotec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Simotec Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	3	33.3%
2023	2	22.2%
2024	1	11.1%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Simotec Co., Ltd. patent most?

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 5

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 5

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 4

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

H04Q - Selecting 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

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

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Top 15 of 24 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

Simotec Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Simotec Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Detail), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05Y
Ranked #30,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Simotec Co., Ltd. against Silcart SPA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.2/100 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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