Where does Smiths Interconnect, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smiths Interconnect, Inc. ranks #33,366 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 Interconnect, Inc. hold?

Smiths Interconnect, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smiths Interconnect, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% 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 Interconnect, Inc. focus on?

Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s top technology area is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type) with 4 patents, ranking #145 of 507 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s patents?

Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s patents average 14.5 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 Interconnect, 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

Smiths Interconnect, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smiths ranks #33,366 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#33,366
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: +600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33366 · US Corporation #33,366 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,366/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Slice Engineering
CPC-NARROW H01P · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Slice Engineering 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 Smiths’s 35.3 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 11.1 pts (31%) Breadth 7.9 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smiths Interconnect · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Smiths's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smiths's grants concentrate

Smiths Interconnect, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Smiths sits between Slice Engineering LLC and Socpra Sciences SANTÉ ET Humaines S.E.C..

Smiths's three-year grant acceleration

Smiths Interconnect, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows Smiths holds 8 patents at rank #33,235, 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 #33,235 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01P (Waveguides)

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)

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Smiths Interconnect, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	2	25.0%
2024	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Smiths Interconnect, Inc. patent most?

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 4

H04B - Transmission 3

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Top 5 of 5 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 Interconnect, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smiths Interconnect, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01P (WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01P
Ranked #33,366 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smiths Interconnect, Inc. against Slice Engineering LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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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