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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smart Wave Technologies, Inc. ranks #18,123 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 Wave Technologies, Inc. hold?

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

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

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% 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 Wave Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 5 patents, ranking #77 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

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

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Wave Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Wave 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 Wave Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smart ranks #18,123 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 21 technology areas.

#18,123
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18123 · US Corporation #18,123 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,123/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shuhou
CPC-FOCUS A47K · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shuhou 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 38.8 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 9.8 pts (25%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 16.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smart Wave · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smart's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 16.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 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 Wave Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 31.3% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Smart sits between Shuhou Co., Ltd. and Socure, Inc..

Smart's three-year grant acceleration

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Shuhou

16
Sipix Technology

16
Siemens Healthine…

16
Sierra Space

16
Smiledirectclub

16
Smith Micro Softw…

16
Smiths Medical In…

16
Socure

16
Smart Wave ◀

16

What this shows Smart holds 16 patents at rank #18,140, 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 #18,140 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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)

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

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 Wave Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	12.5%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%
2024	2	12.5%

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

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 5

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 4

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 21 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 Wave Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smart Wave Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #18,123 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smart Wave Technologies, Inc. against Shuhou Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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