Where does Societe Plymouth Francaise rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Societe Plymouth Francaise ranks #43,186 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 Societe Plymouth Francaise hold?

Societe Plymouth Francaise holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Societe Plymouth Francaise's Innovation Score?

Societe Plymouth Francaise 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%).

Is Societe Plymouth Francaise's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Societe Plymouth Francaise's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Societe Plymouth Francaise's patents?

Societe Plymouth Francaise's patents average 13.5 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 Societe Plymouth Francaise 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

Societe Plymouth Francaise

Q: What technology areas does Societe Plymouth Francaise focus on?

Societe Plymouth Francaise's top technology area is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Societe ranks #43,186 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#43,186
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 21st percentile
by Innovation Score (26.6/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43186 · Foreign Corporation #43,186 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,186/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SN Maschinenbau
CPC-FOCUS G01V · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SN Maschinenbau GmbH (±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
Societe Plymouth… · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Societe'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 Societe's grants concentrate

Societe Plymouth Francaise is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Societe sits between SN Maschinenbau GmbH and Soitec Solar GMBH.

SN Maschinenbau

6
Sociedad ANÓNIMA…

6
Societe DES Eaux…

6
Societe Industrie…

6
Socovar S E C

6
Sofant

6
Sofi Paper Produc…

6
Soitec Solar

6
Societe Plymouth… ◀

6

What this shows Societe holds 6 patents at rank #42,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Societe

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01V (Geophysics)

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

Societe'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 · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Societe Plymouth Francaise patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2018	2	33.3%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Societe Plymouth Francaise patent most?

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,186

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

Societe Plymouth Francaise's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Societe Plymouth Francaise's lead technology class is G01V (GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01V
Ranked #43,186 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Societe Plymouth Francaise against SN Maschinenbau GmbH, 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.