Where does Snell Advanced Media Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Snell Advanced Media Limited ranks #27,455 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 Snell Advanced Media Limited hold?

Snell Advanced Media Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Snell Advanced Media Limited's Innovation Score?

Snell Advanced Media Limited has an Innovation Score of 26.6 out of 100 (21st 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 Snell Advanced Media Limited focus on?

Snell Advanced Media Limited's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Snell Advanced Media Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Snell Advanced Media Limited's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Snell Advanced Media Limited's patents?

Snell Advanced Media Limited's patents average 13.8 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 Snell Advanced Media 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

Snell Advanced Media Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, Snell ranks #27,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27455 · Foreign Corporation #27,455 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SL IP
CPC-NARROW H04N · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SL IP Company 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Snell Advanced Media · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Snell's Innovation Score is 26.6/100 (21st 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.

Where Snell's grants concentrate

Snell Advanced Media Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Snell sits between SL IP Company LLC and Solution Expert 33 International Co., Ltd..

SL IP

10
Smartbow

10
Smartsens Technol…

10
SMP Logic Systems

10
Sofar S P A

10
SOL Pals

10
Solarreserve Tech…

10
Solution Expert 3…

10
Snell Advanced Me… ◀

10

What this shows Snell holds 10 patents at rank #27,367, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Snell

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,367 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Snell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 21st percentile higher than 21% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

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

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Snell Advanced Media Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	30.0%
2018	4	40.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Snell Advanced Media Limited patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

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

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,455

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.6 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

Snell Advanced Media Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Snell Advanced Media Limited's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #27,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Snell Advanced Media Limited against SL IP Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.6/100 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.