Where does Smart Electronics Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Electronics Inc ranks #20,437 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 Electronics Inc hold?

Smart Electronics Inc holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Smart Electronics Inc's Innovation Score?

Smart Electronics Inc has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (22nd percentile 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 Electronics Inc focus on?

Smart Electronics Inc's top technology area is H01C (Resistors) with 7 patents, ranking #23 of 167 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smart Electronics Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smart Electronics Inc's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Smart Electronics Inc's patents?

Smart Electronics Inc'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 Electronics 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 Foreign Corporation

Smart Electronics Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: H01C (Resistors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #20,437 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,437
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20437 · Foreign Corporation #20,437 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,437/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sita Information…
CPC-NARROW H01C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sita Information Networking Computing USA, 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 Smart’s 27.1 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 9.4 pts (35%) Velocity 4.0 pts (15%) Breadth 9.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Smart · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (22nd 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 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 15.3 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 Electronics Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H01C (Resistors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Smart sits between Sita Information Networking Computing USA, Inc. and Soter Technologies, LLC.

Smart's three-year grant acceleration

Smart Electronics Inc shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Sita Information…

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What this shows Smart holds 14 patents at rank #20,392, 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 #20,392 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01C (Resistors)

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)

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Smart Electronics Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	5	35.7%
2021	5	35.7%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	2	14.3%

Which technologies does Smart Electronics Inc patent most?

H01C - Resistors 7

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 6

H01T - Spark GAPS; Overvoltage Arresters Using Spark GAPS; Sparking PLUGS; Corona DEVICES; Generating Ions TO BE Introduced Into Non-enclosed Gases 3

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Smart Electronics Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Electronics Inc's lead technology class is H01C (Resistors), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01C
Ranked #20,437 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Electronics Inc against Sita Information Networking Computing USA, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.