Where does Smartlabs, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smartlabs, Inc. ranks #13,694 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 Smartlabs, Inc. hold?

Smartlabs, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Smartlabs, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smartlabs, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smartlabs, Inc. focus on?

Smartlabs, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 17 patents, ranking #1,573 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Smartlabs, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Smartlabs, Inc.'s patents?

Smartlabs, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Smartlabs, 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

Smartlabs, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smartlabs ranks #13,694 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 12 technology areas.

#13,694
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13694 · US Corporation #13,694 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,694/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Siang Syuan FU…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Siang Syuan FU Enterprise 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 Smartlabs’s 37.4 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 10.8 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smartlabs · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smartlabs's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 Smartlabs?

Each dot is one of Smartlabs’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). Smartlabs’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smartlabs's grants concentrate

Smartlabs, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 77.3% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Smartlabs sits between Siang Syuan FU Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Soko Kagaku Co., Ltd..

Smartlabs's three-year grant acceleration

Smartlabs, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Siang Syuan FU En…

22
Signify North Ame…

22
SK Lubricants

22
Smart

22
Smiths Heimann

22
SMS Meer

22
Soken Chemical &…

22
Soko Kagaku

22
Smartlabs ◀

22

What this shows Smartlabs holds 22 patents at rank #13,674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smartlabs

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Smartlabs's primary technology class.

Smartlabs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Smartlabs, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2016	13	59.1%
2017	4	18.2%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	1	4.5%
2020	1	4.5%
2022	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Smartlabs, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

H04B - Transmission 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 7

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 3

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Smartlabs, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smartlabs, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 77.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #13,694 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smartlabs, Inc. against Siang Syuan FU Enterprise Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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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