Where does Socket Mobile, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Socket Mobile, Inc. ranks #11,809 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 Socket Mobile, Inc. hold?

Socket Mobile, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Socket Mobile, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Socket Mobile, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.8 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 Socket Mobile, Inc. focus on?

Socket Mobile, Inc.'s top technology area is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers) with 18 patents, ranking #129 of 1,953 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Socket Mobile, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Socket Mobile, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +143% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Socket Mobile, Inc.'s patents?

Socket Mobile, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Socket Mobile, 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

Socket Mobile, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Socket ranks #11,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 5 technology areas.

#11,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +143%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11809 · US Corporation #11,809 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Ocean…
CPC-NARROW G06K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +143% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Ocean University (±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 Socket’s 31.8 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 11.4 pts (36%) Velocity 2.1 pts (7%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus DS SAS · near

32
Cardiac Dimensions Pty · near

32
Huntercraft · near

32
LogMeIn · near

32
Socket Mobile · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Socket's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (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 Socket?

Each dot is one of Socket’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). Socket’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Socket's grants concentrate

Socket Mobile, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Socket sits between Shanghai Ocean University and Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-und Wellpappenwerke & Co..

Socket's three-year grant acceleration

Socket Mobile, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Shanghai Ocean Un…

26
Shanxi University

26
Shenzhen Leshuo T…

26
Shock Therapy Sus…

26
Sonnax Transmissi…

26
Soroco Private

26
Spinecore

26
Sprick Bielefelde…

26
Socket Mobile ◀

26

What this shows Socket holds 26 patents at rank #11,817, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Socket

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,817 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06K (Graphical Data Reading)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Socket, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06K (Graphical Data Reading), Socket ranks #129 of 1,953 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

LogMeIn, Inc. 32 Huntercraft Limited 32 Airbus DS SAS 32 Cardiac Dimensions Pty. Ltd. 32

Socket'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Socket Mobile, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2017	2	7.7%
2018	3	11.5%
2020	8	30.8%
2021	5	19.2%
2022	4	15.4%
2025partial year	2	7.7%

Which technologies does Socket Mobile, Inc. patent most?

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 18

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

Top 5 of 5 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

Socket Mobile, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Socket Mobile, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06K (Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06K
Ranked #11,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Socket Mobile, Inc. against Shanghai Ocean University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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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