Where does SMC Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SMC Corporation ranks #607 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 SMC Corporation hold?

SMC Corporation holds 728 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 101 technology areas.

What is SMC Corporation's Innovation Score?

SMC Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.5 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SMC Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SMC Corporation's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for SMC Corporation's patents?

SMC Corporation's patents average 4.5 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 SMC Corporation 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

SMC Corporation

Q: What technology areas does SMC Corporation focus on?

SMC Corporation's top technology area is F15B (Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 133 patents. Grants appear in 101 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 728 granted patents across 101 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F15B (Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SMC ranks #607 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 728 patents across 101 technology areas.

#607
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.5/100): 4.5
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R607 · Foreign Corporation #607 · 728 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 728 grants
TOP-DECILE #607/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TCL China Star…
CPC-WIDE F15B · 101 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Augmedics · near

54
MSA Technology · near

54
SMC · this assignee

54
Varex Imaging · near

54
JNC · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SMC's Innovation Score is 54.5/100 (top 8% 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.

How SMC's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SMC Corporation received 354 grants versus 354 in 2015–2019 (+0% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 101 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 44. Lead class F15B accounts for 18.3% of the portfolio across 101 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. (#603) and Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. (#611).

SMC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SMC Corporation moved from 282 to 170 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,439. See the growth leaderboard.

Seminis Vegetable…

735
Toyota Research I…

735
Logitech Europe

731
Michelin Recherch…

729
TCL China Star Op…

728
SMC ◀

728
ST Jude Medical C…

727
Exxonmobil Resear…

724
Seoul Viosys

723

What this shows SMC holds 728 patents at rank #607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F15B (Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Varex Imaging Corporation 54 MSA Technology, LLC 54 Augmedics Ltd. 54 JNC Corporation 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.5 here).

Rinnai Corporation 4.5 avg Wahl Clipper Corporation 4.5 avg Blanco GMBH + Co KG 4.5 avg Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. 4.5 avg

SMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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SMC Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	73	10.0%
2016	53	7.3%
2017	52	7.1%
2018	78	10.7%
2019	98	13.5%
2020	101	13.9%
2021	83	11.4%
2022	79	10.9%
2023	44	6.0%
2024	47	6.5%
2025partial year	20	2.7%

Which technologies does SMC Corporation patent most?

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 133

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 101

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 45

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 30

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 25

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 24

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 22

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 18

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 13

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 12

B01D - Separation 11

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 10

F16H - Gearing 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

Top 15 of 101 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#607

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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SMC Corporation's lead technology class is F15B (Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 18.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F15B
Ranked #607 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SMC Corporation against Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.5/100 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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