Where does Smpl Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smpl Inc ranks #33,367 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 Smpl Inc hold?

Smpl Inc holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Smpl Inc's Innovation Score?

Smpl Inc has an Innovation Score of 25.7 out of 100 (18th 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 Smpl Inc focus on?

Smpl Inc's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smpl Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smpl Inc's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Smpl Inc's patents?

Smpl Inc's patents average 12.0 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 Smpl 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

Smpl Inc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smpl ranks #33,367 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#33,367
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.7/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33367 · US Corporation #33,367 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,367/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Slis
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Slis, 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 Smpl’s 25.7 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 (30%) Velocity 2.2 pts (9%) Breadth 8.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Smpl · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Smpl's Innovation Score is 25.7/100 (18th 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 Smpl?

Each dot is one of Smpl’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). Smpl’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smpl's grants concentrate

Smpl Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Smpl sits between Slis, Inc. and SOL Inc..

Smpl's three-year grant acceleration

Smpl Inc shows 1 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.

Slis

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Smart Picture

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Smartorg

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Smiths Interconne…

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Snap Cpap

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SO Spark

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SOL

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What this shows Smpl holds 8 patents at rank #33,236, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smpl

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,236 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Smpl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smpl Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	25.0%
2018	2	25.0%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Smpl Inc patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Smpl Inc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smpl Inc's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #33,367 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smpl Inc against Slis, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.7/100 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.