Where does Smith-Root, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smith-Root, Inc. ranks #21,795 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 Smith-Root, Inc. hold?

Smith-Root, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Smith-Root, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smith-Root, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Smith-Root, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smith-Root, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Smith-Root, Inc.'s patents?

Smith-Root, Inc.'s patents average 8.6 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 Smith-Root, 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

Smith-Root, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Smith-Root, Inc. focus on?

Smith-Root, Inc.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 8 patents, ranking #120 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smith-root ranks #21,795 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,795
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21795 · US Corporation #21,795 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,795/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Simplex Micro
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Simplex Micro, 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 Smith-root’s 46.5 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 9.1 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 12.2 pts (26%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smith-Root · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smith-root's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Smith-root?

Each dot is one of Smith-root’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). Smith-root’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smith-root's grants concentrate

Smith-Root, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Smith-root sits between Simplex Micro, Inc. and Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC.

Smith-root's three-year grant acceleration

Smith-Root, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Simplex Micro

13
Sirius XM Connect…

13
Skavis

13
Smart Drilling an…

13
Snap Pop

13
Sniffercat

13
Société Technique…

13
Softwave Tissue R…

13
Smith-root ◀

13

What this shows Smith-Root holds 13 patents at rank #21,828, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smith-Root

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,828 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Smith-Root's primary technology class.

Smith-root's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Smith-Root, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	30.8%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	5	38.5%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Smith-Root, Inc. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 8

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A22B - Slaughtering 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

B01D - Separation 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 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

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

Smith-Root, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 61.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #21,795 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smith-Root, Inc. against Simplex Micro, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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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