Where does Simplex Manufacturing Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Simplex Manufacturing Co. ranks #43,110 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 Simplex Manufacturing Co. hold?

Simplex Manufacturing Co. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s Innovation Score?

Simplex Manufacturing Co. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s patents?

Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s patents average 20.8 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 Simplex Manufacturing Co. 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

Simplex Manufacturing Co.

Q: What technology areas does Simplex Manufacturing Co. focus on?

Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 6 patents, ranking #237 of 799 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Simplex ranks #43,110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#43,110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43110 · US Corporation #43,110 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,110/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silicon Precision…
CPC-NARROW B64D · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silicon Precision Industries 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 Simplex’s 32.0 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 6.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Simplex Manufacturing · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Simplex's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 Simplex?

Each dot is one of Simplex’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). Simplex’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Simplex's grants concentrate

Simplex Manufacturing Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Simplex sits between Silicon Precision Industries Co., Ltd. and Sinocare Inc..

Simplex's three-year grant acceleration

Simplex Manufacturing Co. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Silicon Precision…

6
Siliconix Technol…

6
Simcro

6
Simex

6
Simplify Medical

6
Simply Social

6
Sina Robotics and…

6
Sinocare

6
Simplex Manufactu… ◀

6

What this shows Simplex holds 6 patents at rank #43,250, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Simplex

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,250 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Simplex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Simplex Manufacturing Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Simplex Manufacturing Co. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

A62C - Fire-fighting 6

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

Top 3 of 3 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

Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Simplex Manufacturing Co.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #43,110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Simplex Manufacturing Co. against Silicon Precision Industries Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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