Where does Smart Iops, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Iops, Inc. ranks #16,372 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 Iops, Inc. hold?

Smart Iops, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Smart Iops, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smart Iops, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% 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 Iops, Inc. focus on?

Smart Iops, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 17 patents, ranking #2,375 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smart Iops, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smart Iops, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +367% 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 Iops, Inc.'s patents?

Smart Iops, Inc.'s patents average 21.4 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 Iops, 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

Smart Iops, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 6 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #16,372 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 6 technology areas.

#16,372
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: +367%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16372 · US Corporation #16,372 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,372/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shurtape
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +367% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shurtape Technologies, 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.

How Smart’s 46.4 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 10.2 pts (22%) Velocity 14.7 pts (32%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smart Iops · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smart's grants concentrate

Smart Iops, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Smart sits between Shurtape Technologies, LLC and Spinal Stabilization Technologies LLC.

Smart's three-year grant acceleration

Smart Iops, Inc. shows 11 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.

Shurtape

18
Siemens VAI Metals

18
Silead

18
SK Materials JNC

18
Somnics

18
Soudronic

18
Sphingotec

18
Spinal Stabilizat…

18
Smart Iops ◀

18

What this shows Smart holds 18 patents at rank #16,345, 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 #16,345 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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)

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Smart Iops, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	5.6%
2019	2	11.1%
2021	3	16.7%
2022	6	33.3%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	4	22.2%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Smart Iops, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

G11C - Static Stores 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

Top 6 of 6 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 Iops, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Iops, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #16,372 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Iops, Inc. against Shurtape Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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