Where does Sofics BVBA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sofics BVBA ranks #25,249 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Sofics BVBA hold?

Sofics BVBA holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Sofics BVBA's Innovation Score?

Sofics BVBA has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (top 64% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sofics BVBA focus on?

Sofics BVBA's top technology area is H10D (INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sofics BVBA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sofics BVBA's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Sofics BVBA's patents?

Sofics BVBA's patents average 21.7 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 Sofics BVBA 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

Sofics BVBA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 4 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: H10D (INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sofics ranks #25,249 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 4 technology areas.

#25,249
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 64%
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25249 · Foreign Corporation #25,249 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,249/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SMARTRAC TECHNOLOGY…
CPC-NARROW H10D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smartrac Technology Fletcher, Inc. (±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
Sofics BVBA · this assignee

31
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Sofics's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (top 64% 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 Sofics's grants concentrate

Sofics BVBA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under H10D (INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sofics sits between Smartrac Technology Fletcher, Inc. and Specialized Desanders Inc..

Sofics's three-year grant acceleration

Sofics BVBA shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Smartrac Technolo…

11
Snaps Solutions

11
Snipr Biome APS

11
Societe POUR LA C…

11
Solaris Oilfield…

11
Solvay Solexis S…

11
Sondex Wireline

11
Specialized Desan…

11
Sofics BVBA ◀

11

What this shows Sofics holds 11 patents at rank #25,174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sofics

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Sofics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 Top 64% higher than 36% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

Sofics BVBA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	18.2%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Sofics BVBA patent most?

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 9

H02H - EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS 7

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 3

H03K - PULSE TECHNIQUE 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,249

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.9 out of 100

View all rankings →

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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.