Where does Skydrop Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skydrop Holdings, LLC ranks #37,576 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 Skydrop Holdings, LLC hold?

Skydrop Holdings, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Skydrop Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Skydrop Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Skydrop Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Skydrop Holdings, LLC'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 Skydrop Holdings, LLC's patents?

Skydrop Holdings, LLC's patents average 35.1 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 Skydrop Holdings, LLC 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

Skydrop Holdings, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Skydrop Holdings, LLC focus on?

Skydrop Holdings, LLC's top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 7 patents, ranking #81 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skydrop ranks #37,576 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#37,576
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 35.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37576 · US Corporation #37,576 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,576/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Six Continents Hotels
CPC-NARROW A01G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 35.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Six Continents Hotels, Inc. (±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 Skydrop’s 30.1 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (50%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Skydrop Holdings · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skydrop's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 Skydrop?

Each dot is one of Skydrop’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). Skydrop’s own 35.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Skydrop's grants concentrate

Skydrop Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Skydrop sits between Six Continents Hotels, Inc. and Smart Eye AB.

Six Continents Ho…

7
Skeletal Kinetics

7
Skolkovo Institut…

7
Skybox Imaging

7
Skyturtle

7
Slick Hunting Pro…

7
Smart Devil Techn…

7
Smart Eye AB

7
Skydrop Holdings ◀

7

What this shows Skydrop holds 7 patents at rank #37,653, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skydrop

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,653 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Skydrop's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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Skydrop Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	4	57.1%

Which technologies does Skydrop Holdings, LLC patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

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

Skydrop Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Skydrop Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #37,576 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skydrop Holdings, LLC against Six Continents Hotels, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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