Where does Smiths Detection Germany GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smiths Detection Germany GMBH ranks #37,598 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 Smiths Detection Germany GMBH hold?

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's Innovation Score?

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smiths Detection Germany GMBH focus on?

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 3 patents, ranking #273 of 835 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Smiths Detection Germany GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's patents?

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's patents average 16.1 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 Smiths Detection Germany GMBH 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

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smiths ranks #37,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 12 technology areas.

#37,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37598 · Foreign Corporation #37,598 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smart Shooter
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smart Shooter 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.

How Smiths’s 45.8 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 16.7 pts (36%) Breadth 12.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smiths Detection… · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smiths's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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 Smiths?

Each dot is one of Smiths’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). Smiths’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smiths's grants concentrate

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Smiths sits between Smart Shooter Ltd. and Softnas Operating Inc..

Smiths's three-year grant acceleration

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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 Shooter

7
Smartbotics

7
Smartcom Labs OY

7
Smithgroup Compan…

7
SML Verwaltungs

7
SNJ Patents

7
Softcamp

7
Softnas Operating

7
Smiths Detection… ◀

7

What this shows Smiths holds 7 patents at rank #37,445, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smiths

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,445 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Smiths's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smiths Detection Germany GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	3	42.9%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Smiths Detection Germany GMBH patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

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

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 1

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 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

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smiths Detection Germany GMBH's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #37,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smiths Detection Germany GMBH against Smart Shooter Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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

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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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