Where does Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. ranks #18,124 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 Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. hold?

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s patents?

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s patents average 8.7 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 Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), 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 Foreign Corporation

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. focus on?

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s top technology area is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #169 of 750 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smartrend ranks #18,124 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.

#18,124
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18124 · Foreign Corporation #18,124 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,124/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skillz
CPC-NARROW B60Q · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skillz 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 Smartrend’s 43.7 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 (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (46%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Smartrend's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 28% 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 Smartrend?

Each dot is one of Smartrend’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). Smartrend’s own 8.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smartrend's grants concentrate

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Smartrend sits between Skillz Inc. and Societe Industrielle Limousine D'application Biologique.

Smartrend's three-year grant acceleration

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows Smartrend holds 16 patents at rank #18,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smartrend

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices)

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

Smartrend's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	8	50.0%
2025partial year	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. patent most?

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 6

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc.'s lead technology class is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60Q
Ranked #18,124 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc. against Skillz Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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