Where does Smsc Holdings Sarl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smsc Holdings Sarl ranks #19,166 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 Smsc Holdings Sarl hold?

Smsc Holdings Sarl holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Smsc Holdings Sarl's Innovation Score?

Smsc Holdings Sarl has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th 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 Smsc Holdings Sarl focus on?

Smsc Holdings Sarl's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents, ranking #4,318 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smsc Holdings Sarl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smsc Holdings Sarl's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Smsc Holdings Sarl's patents?

Smsc Holdings Sarl's patents average 19.3 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 Smsc Holdings Sarl 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

Smsc Holdings Sarl

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smsc ranks #19,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19166 · Foreign Corporation #19,166 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skychase Holdings
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skychase Holdings Corporation (±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 Smsc’s 31.1 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 9.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Smsc Holdings Sarl · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Smsc's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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 Smsc?

Each dot is one of Smsc’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). Smsc’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smsc's grants concentrate

Smsc Holdings Sarl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Smsc sits between Skychase Holdings Corporation and Special Springs S.R.L..

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15

What this shows Smsc holds 15 patents at rank #19,128, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smsc

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,128 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Smsc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Smsc Holdings Sarl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	60.0%
2016	4	26.7%
2017	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Smsc Holdings Sarl patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

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

H04B - Transmission 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Smsc Holdings Sarl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smsc Holdings Sarl's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #19,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smsc Holdings Sarl against Skychase Holdings Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

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.