Where does Smart Lifts, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Lifts, LLC ranks #33,358 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 Lifts, LLC hold?

Smart Lifts, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Smart Lifts, LLC's Innovation Score?

Smart Lifts, LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th 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 Lifts, LLC focus on?

Smart Lifts, LLC's top technology area is B66B (ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways) with 8 patents, ranking #19 of 127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smart Lifts, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smart Lifts, 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 Smart Lifts, LLC's patents?

Smart Lifts, LLC's patents average 25.5 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 Lifts, 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 Lifts, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B66B (ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #33,358 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#33,358
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 25.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33358 · US Corporation #33,358 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,358/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skymedi
CPC-NARROW B66B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skymedi Corporation (±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 27.6 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 7.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (54%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smart Lifts · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 25.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 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 Lifts, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B66B (ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Smart sits between Skymedi Corporation and Smartthings, Inc..

Skymedi

8
Skyport Systems

8
Sleepme

8
Smart Billiard Li…

8
Smart Vision Labs

8
Smartisan Digital

8
Smartsheet

8
Smartthings

8
Smart Lifts ◀

8

What this shows Smart holds 8 patents at rank #33,416, 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 #33,416 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66B (Elevators)

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)

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smart Lifts, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	3	37.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Smart Lifts, LLC patent most?

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 8

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

Top 2 of 2 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 Lifts, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Lifts, LLC's lead technology class is B66B (ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66B
Ranked #33,358 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Lifts, LLC against Skymedi Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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