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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. ranks #33,359 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 Picture Technologies, Inc. hold?

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Smart Picture Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Picture Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 8 patents, ranking #1,515 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +67% 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 Picture Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 23.5 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 Picture Technologies, 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 Picture Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #33,359 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,359
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 23.5
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33359 · US Corporation #33,359 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,359/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Slcket
CPC-NARROW G06T · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Slcket, 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 32.9 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 (23%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 14.1 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smart Picture · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 23.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 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 Picture Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Smart sits between Slcket, Inc. and Snap Cpap, LLC.

Smart's three-year grant acceleration

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Slcket

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Sleep Solutions

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Slice Engineering

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Slis

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Smartorg

8
Smiths Interconne…

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Smpl

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Snap Cpap

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Smart Picture ◀

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What this shows Smart holds 8 patents at rank #33,233, 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 #33,233 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

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 Picture Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 5 of 5 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 Picture Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Picture Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #33,359 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Picture Technologies, Inc. against Slcket, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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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