Where does S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH ranks #27,454 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 S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH hold?

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's Innovation Score?

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH has an Innovation Score of 33.0 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's patents?

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH'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 S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors 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

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH

Q: What technology areas does S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH focus on?

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 9 patents, ranking #615 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: 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 Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, S.m.s. ranks #27,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#27,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27454 · Foreign Corporation #27,454 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rugen Holdings…
CPC-NARROW G01S · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rugen Holdings (Cayman) Limited (±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 S.m.s.’s 33.0 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 8.9 pts (27%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows S.m.s.'s Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd 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 S.m.s.?

Each dot is one of S.m.s.’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). S.m.s.’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where S.m.s.'s grants concentrate

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under 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 Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, S.m.s. sits between Rugen Holdings (Cayman) Limited and Sage Science, Inc..

S.m.s.'s three-year grant acceleration

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH shows 4 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 S.M.S. holds 10 patents at rank #27,284, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,284 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

S.m.s.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH patent most?

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 9

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 6 of 6 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

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH's lead technology class is 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 Arra), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #27,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare S.M.S. Smart Microwave Sensors GMBH against Rugen Holdings (Cayman) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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.

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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

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