Overall rank by patents
#18,127
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Smiledirectclub ranks #18,127 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 15 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18127 · US Corporation #18,127 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, 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
Smiledirectclub · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Smiledirectclub Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #18,127 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.3/100 sits in the top 44% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, Inc. (±0 grants).
Smiledirectclub Llc has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2018 and 2023, placing Smiledirectclub Llc at #18,127 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 15 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61C (DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE). As a US Corporation, Smiledirectclub Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Smiledirectclub sits between Sipix Technology Inc. (16 patents, rank #18,137) and Soluble Technologies Group, Llc (16 patents, rank #18,145) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 10 grants, compared with 6 in the 2015–2019 window, a +67% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. 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 US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Smiledirectclub Llc's 21.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 15 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 ◀
SiPix Technology Inc.
16 patents
Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, Inc.
16 patents
Sierra Space Corporation
16 patents
Smart Wave Technologies, Inc.
16 patents
Smith Micro Software, Inc.
16 patents
Smiths Medical International Limited
16 patents
Socure, Inc.
16 patents
Soluble Technologies Group, LLC
16 patents
SmileDirectClub LLC
16 patents
What this shows Smiledirectclub holds 16 patents at rank #18,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,141 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Smiledirectclub's primary technology class.
Smiledirectclub'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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2020 | 7 | 43.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 15 of 15 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#18,127
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.3 out of 100
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