Where does Sno-Way International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sno-Way International, Inc. ranks #30,186 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 Sno-Way International, Inc. hold?

Sno-Way International, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sno-Way International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sno-Way International, Inc. 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 Sno-Way International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sno-Way International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Sno-Way International, Inc.'s patents?

Sno-Way International, Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 Sno-Way International, 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

Sno-Way International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sno-Way International, Inc. focus on?

Sno-Way International, Inc.'s top technology area is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair) with 4 patents, ranking #83 of 311 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sno-way ranks #30,186 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#30,186
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30186 · US Corporation #30,186 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,186/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smartsafe Console
CPC-NARROW E01C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smartsafe Console, 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.

How Sno-way’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 8.0 pts (24%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.3 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sno-Way International · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sno-way'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 Sno-way?

Each dot is one of Sno-way’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). Sno-way’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sno-way's grants concentrate

Sno-Way International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sno-way sits between Smartsafe Console, LLC and Soft Health Technologies, LLC.

Sno-way's three-year grant acceleration

Sno-Way International, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Smartsafe Console

9
Smilesonica

9
Snap One

9
Snap Out Solutions

9
Snowflake Computi…

9
Soane Energy

9
Sodick America

9
Soft Health

9
Sno-way Internati… ◀

9

What this shows Sno-Way holds 9 patents at rank #30,207, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sno-Way

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,207 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01C (Construction OF)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sno-Way's primary technology class.

Sno-way'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 · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Sno-Way International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2017	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	2	22.2%
2022	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Sno-Way International, Inc. patent most?

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 4

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Sno-Way International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sno-Way International, Inc.'s lead technology class is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01C
Ranked #30,186 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sno-Way International, Inc. against Smartsafe Console, LLC, 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.

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

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