Where does Sleep Number Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sleep Number Corporation ranks #2,477 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 Sleep Number Corporation hold?

Sleep Number Corporation holds 158 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Sleep Number Corporation's Innovation Score?

Sleep Number Corporation has an Innovation Score of 61.4 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sleep Number Corporation focus on?

Sleep Number Corporation's top technology area is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds) with 130 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sleep Number Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sleep Number Corporation's recent grant velocity is +463% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sleep Number Corporation's patents?

Sleep Number Corporation's patents average 18.2 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 Sleep Number Corporation 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

Sleep Number Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sleep ranks #2,477 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 36 technology areas.

#2,477
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.4/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +463%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2477 · US Corporation #2,477 · 158 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 158 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,477/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faurecia Automotive…
CPC-FOCUS A47C · 36 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +463% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
University of Kansas · near

61
Docter Optics SE · near

61
Husqvarna AB · near

61
Leonardo S P A · near

61
Sleep Number · this assignee

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sleep's Innovation Score is 61.4/100 (top 3% 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.

Where Sleep's grants concentrate

Sleep Number Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 82.3% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (37 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2018. By volume, Sleep sits between Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC and 2236008 Ontario Inc..

Sleep's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sleep Number Corporation moved from 43 to 76 grants (1.77x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #285. See the growth leaderboard.

Faurecia Automoti…

158
Harbin Institute…

158
Nutricia

158
Plusai

158
Tadano

158
Yungu (Gu'an) Tec…

158
Zoom Communicatio…

158
Sleep Number ◀

158
2236008 Ontario

157

What this shows Sleep holds 158 patents at rank #2,477, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sleep

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,477 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sleep, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Leonardo S.P.A. 61 Husqvarna AB 61 Docter Optics SE 61 University of Kansas 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Dell Software Inc. 18.2 avg Quantum Corporation 18.2 avg Eltek S.p.A. 18.2 avg Kulite Semiconductor Products, Inc. 18.2 avg

Sleep's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sleep Number Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	7	4.4%
2019	12	7.6%
2020	15	9.5%
2021	16	10.1%
2022	13	8.2%
2023	26	16.5%
2024	37	23.4%
2025partial year	32	20.3%

Which technologies does Sleep Number Corporation patent most?

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 130

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 39

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 32

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 32

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 23

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 5

G01G - Weighing 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 4

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,477

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sleep Number Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sleep Number Corporation's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 82.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
Ranked #2,477 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sleep Number Corporation against Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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