Where does Smith Systems Manufacturing Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smith Systems Manufacturing Company ranks #18,129 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 Systems Manufacturing Company hold?

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's Innovation Score?

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smith Systems Manufacturing Company focus on?

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 3 patents, ranking #284 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's recent grant velocity is +550% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's patents?

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's patents average 7.1 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 Systems Manufacturing Company 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 Systems Manufacturing Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smith ranks #18,129 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,129
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: +550%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18129 · US Corporation #18,129 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,129/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smart Rain Systems
CPC-NARROW A47B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +550% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smart Rain Systems, LLC (±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’s 31.1 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 (31%) Velocity 10.0 pts (32%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smith Systems… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smith's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th percentile 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?

Each dot is one of Smith’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’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smith's grants concentrate

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 18.8% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Smith sits between Smart Rain Systems, LLC and Speedrack Co., Ltd..

Smith's three-year grant acceleration

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Smart Rain Systems

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16

What this shows Smith holds 16 patents at rank #18,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smith

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Smith's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Smith Systems Manufacturing Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	12.5%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	5	31.3%
2024	3	18.8%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Smith Systems Manufacturing Company patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 2

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

Top 4 of 4 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 Systems Manufacturing Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smith Systems Manufacturing Company's lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #18,129 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smith Systems Manufacturing Company against Smart Rain Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

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.