Where does Snell Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Snell Holdings, LLC ranks #14,949 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 Holdings, LLC hold?

Snell Holdings, LLC holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Snell Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Snell Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th 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 Holdings, LLC focus on?

Snell Holdings, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 11 patents, ranking #1,209 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Snell Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Snell Holdings, LLC'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 Holdings, LLC's patents?

Snell Holdings, LLC's patents average 12.9 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 Holdings, LLC 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

Snell Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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 #14,949 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,949
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14949 · US Corporation #14,949 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,949/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silicon Genesis
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silicon Genesis 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 Snell’s 31.9 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 10.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Snell Holdings · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Snell's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 Snell?

Each dot is one of Snell’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). Snell’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Snell's grants concentrate

Snell Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 55% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Snell sits between Silicon Genesis Corporation and StereoVision Imaging, Inc..

Silicon Genesis

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Slick Slide

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Smart Trike MNF P…

20
Smart Vent Produc…

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Spinergy

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Star Headlight &…

20
State of Oregon a…

20
Stereovision Imag…

20
Snell Holdings ◀

20

What this shows Snell holds 20 patents at rank #14,958, 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 #14,958 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)

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Snell Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	30.0%
2016	9	45.0%
2017	2	10.0%
2018	1	5.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Snell Holdings, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

H04J - Multiplex Communication 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04H - Broadcast Communication 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Snell Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Snell Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 55% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #14,949 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Snell Holdings, LLC against Silicon Genesis Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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