Overall rank by patents
#18,124
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Smartrend ranks #18,124 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Smartrend Manufactur… · this assignee
44 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Smartrend Manufacturing Group (smg), Inc. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #18,124 of 50,000; Innovation Score 43.7/100 sits in the top 28% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Skillz Inc. (±0 grants).
Smartrend Manufacturing Group (smg), Inc. has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2021 and 2025, placing Smartrend Manufacturing Group (smg), Inc. at #18,124 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in B60Q (ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL). As a Foreign Corporation, Smartrend Manufacturing Group (smg), Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Smartrend sits between Skillz Inc. (16 patents, rank #18,090) and Societe Industrielle Limousine D'application Biologique (16 patents, rank #18,098) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 43.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2021 through 2025, with 16 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Smartrend Manufacturing Group (smg), Inc.'s 8.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SKILLZ INC.
16 patents
SKYECHIP SDN BHD
16 patents
SLUIS CIGAR MACHINERY B.V.
16 patents
SMART RAIN SYSTEMS, LLC
16 patents
SMARTSHIFT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
16 patents
SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLC
16 patents
SMITH SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
16 patents
SOCIETE INDUSTRIELLE LIMOUSINE D'APPLICATION BIOLOGIQUE
16 patents
SMARTREND MANUFACTURING GROUP (SMG), INC.
16 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,094 in granted patent volume.
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,124
of 50,000 tracked assignees
43.7 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.