Where does SkyBell Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SkyBell Technologies, Inc. ranks #4,358 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 SkyBell Technologies, Inc. hold?

SkyBell Technologies, Inc. holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SkyBell Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SkyBell Technologies, Inc. focus on?

SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems) with 48 patents, ranking #35 of 2,091 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

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

SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -96% 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 SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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 SkyBell Technologies, 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

SkyBell Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skybell ranks #4,358 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 25 technology areas.

#4,358
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -96%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4358 · US Corporation #4,358 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,358/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rheinmetall Waffe…
CPC-FOCUS G08B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -96% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (±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 Skybell’s 42.0 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 15.3 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acorn Engineering · near

42
Rock Solid Industrie… · near

42
SkyBell · this assignee

42
Agfa Graphics · near

42
Hisense Electric · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skybell's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 31% 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 Skybell?

Each dot is one of Skybell’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). Skybell’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Skybell's grants concentrate

SkyBell Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 58.5% of grants classified under G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (31 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Skybell sits between Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH and VAN Cleef & Arpels SA.

Rheinmetall Waffe…

82
Rush University M…

82
South Dakota Boar…

82
Suteng Innovation…

82
Stabilus

82
Ultralogic 6G

82
Usnr

82
VAN Cleef & Arpels

82
Skybell ◀

82

What this shows SkyBell holds 82 patents at rank #4,358, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SkyBell

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,358 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G08B (Signalling OR Calling Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SkyBell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G08B (Signalling OR Calling Systems), SkyBell ranks #35 of 2,091 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Acorn Engineering Company 42 Rock Solid Industries International (Pty) Ltd 42 Hisense Electric Co., Ltd. 42 Agfa Graphics NV 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute 15.2 avg Nasdaq Technology AB 15.2 avg ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG 15.2 avg Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

Skybell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SkyBell Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	31	37.8%
2016	22	26.8%
2017	6	7.3%
2018	11	13.4%
2019	9	11.0%
2020	3	3.7%

Which technologies does SkyBell Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 48

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 47

H04M - Telephonic Communication 39

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04B - Transmission 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

Top 15 of 25 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

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

SkyBell Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G08B (Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems), 58.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G08B
Ranked #4,358 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SkyBell Technologies, Inc. against Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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