Where does Skunklock, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skunklock, Inc. ranks #27,440 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 Skunklock, Inc. hold?

Skunklock, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Skunklock, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Skunklock, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.4 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Skunklock, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Skunklock, Inc.'s patents?

Skunklock, Inc.'s patents average 8.6 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 Skunklock, 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

Skunklock, Inc.

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

Skunklock, Inc.'s top technology area is C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART)) with 4 patents, ranking #5 of 31 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART)).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skunklock ranks #27,440 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#27,440
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.4/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27440 · US Corporation #27,440 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,440/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sita B V
CPC-NARROW C06D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sita B.V. (±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 Skunklock’s 21.4 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 8.3 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Universal Hinge · near

21
VQ Research · near

21
Aardvark Event… · near

21
Skunklock · this assignee

21
Smart · near

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skunklock's Innovation Score is 21.4/100 (8th 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 Skunklock?

Each dot is one of Skunklock’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). Skunklock’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Skunklock's grants concentrate

Skunklock, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART)). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Skunklock sits between Sita B.V. and SL IP Company LLC.

Sita B V

10
SK Nexilis

10
Skan

10
SKF Aerospace Fra…

10
SKY Motion Resear…

10
Skyscanner

10
Skyword

10
SL IP

10
Skunklock ◀

10

What this shows Skunklock holds 10 patents at rank #27,359, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skunklock

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,359 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Skunklock, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST), Skunklock ranks #5 of 31 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (21 here).

Aardvark Event Logistics, Inc. 21 Smart N.V. 21 Universal Hinge Corporation 21 VQ Research, Inc. 21

Skunklock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

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

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Skunklock, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	6	60.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Skunklock, Inc. patent most?

C06D - Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART) 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C06C - Detonating OR Priming DEVICES; Fuses ; Chemical LIGHTERS; Pyrophoric Compositions 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Skunklock, Inc.'s lead technology class is C06D (Means FOR Generating Smoke OR MIST; Gas-attack COMPOSITIONS; Generation OF GAS FOR Blasting OR Propulsion (CHEMICAL PART)), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C06D
Ranked #27,440 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skunklock, Inc. against Sita B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.4/100 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

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