Where does Smiths Detection-Watford Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smiths Detection-Watford Limited ranks #7,480 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-Watford Limited hold?

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's Innovation Score?

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's patents?

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's patents average 16.9 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-Watford Limited 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-Watford Limited

Q: What technology areas does Smiths Detection-Watford Limited focus on?

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 42 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smiths ranks #7,480 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 17 technology areas.

#7,480
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7480 · Foreign Corporation #7,480 · 44 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,480/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saint-Gobain Placo
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saint-Gobain Placo (±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
GEA Tuchenhagen · near

40
Herbert Waldmann & KG · near

40
Silicon Valley Bank · near

40
SiTune · near

40
Smiths Detection-Wat… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smiths's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 36% 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.

Where Smiths's grants concentrate

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Smiths sits between Saint-Gobain Placo and Temptime Corporation.

Smiths's three-year grant acceleration

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Saint-gobain Placo

44
Scholl's Wellness

44
Servicenow Canada

44
Sift Science

44
Snacktops

44
Stant USA

44
Strike Industries

44
Temptime

44
Smiths Detection-… ◀

44

What this shows Smiths holds 44 patents at rank #7,483, 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 #7,483 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Silicon Valley Bank 40 Herbert Waldmann GMBH & Co. KG 40 GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH 40 SiTune Corporation 40

Smiths's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smiths Detection-Watford Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	7	15.9%
2017	4	9.1%
2018	8	18.2%
2019	6	13.6%
2020	6	13.6%
2021	6	13.6%
2022	1	2.3%
2023	4	9.1%
2024	1	2.3%
2025partial year	1	2.3%

Which technologies does Smiths Detection-Watford Limited patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 42

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 24

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

B01B - BOILING; Boiling Apparatus ; ; EVAPORATION; Evaporation Apparatus 3

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 3

B01D - Separation 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

B03B - Separating Solid Materials Using Liquids OR Using Pneumatic Tables OR Jigs 2

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H03F - Amplifiers 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,480

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.1 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

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smiths Detection-Watford Limited's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #7,480 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smiths Detection-Watford Limited against Saint-Gobain Placo, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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

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