Where does Smart and Armor Protected, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart and Armor Protected, LLC ranks #43,160 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 Smart and Armor Protected, LLC hold?

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's Innovation Score?

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smart and Armor Protected, LLC focus on?

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 3 patents, ranking #294 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's patents?

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's patents average 7.3 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 Smart and Armor Protected, 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

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #43,160 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,160
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43160 · US Corporation #43,160 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,160/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smart Liquid Crystal
CPC-NARROW E05B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smart Liquid Crystal Technologies 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 Smart’s 40.5 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 (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Smart and Armor… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 Smart?

Each dot is one of Smart’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). Smart’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smart's grants concentrate

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Smart sits between Smart Liquid Crystal Technologies Co., Ltd. and Smithfield Foods, Inc..

Smart's three-year grant acceleration

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Smart holds 6 patents at rank #43,282, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smart

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,282 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Smart's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

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

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Smart and Armor Protected, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	3	50.0%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Smart and Armor Protected, LLC patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 3

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 2

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 1

E05G - Safes OR Strong-rooms FOR VALUABLES; Bank Protection DEVICES; Safety Transaction Partitions 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart and Armor Protected, LLC's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #43,160 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart and Armor Protected, LLC against Smart Liquid Crystal Technologies Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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