Where does Soft Robotics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soft Robotics, Inc. ranks #5,884 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 Soft Robotics, Inc. hold?

Soft Robotics, Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Soft Robotics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Soft Robotics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Soft Robotics, Inc. focus on?

Soft Robotics, Inc.'s top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 54 patents, ranking #33 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Soft Robotics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soft Robotics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +141% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Soft Robotics, Inc.'s patents?

Soft Robotics, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Soft Robotics, 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

Soft Robotics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Soft ranks #5,884 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 18 technology areas.

#5,884
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +141%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5884 · US Corporation #5,884 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,884/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Riverpoint Medical
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +141% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Riverpoint Medical, 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 Soft’s 42.8 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 14.1 pts (33%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 15.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Brien Holden Vision… · near

43
Eagle Pharmaceuticals · near

43
Fiskars Finland Oy Ab · near

43
Soft Robotics · this assignee

43
Spine Wave · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soft's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 Soft?

Each dot is one of Soft’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). Soft’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Soft's grants concentrate

Soft Robotics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 93.1% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (16 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2024. By volume, Soft sits between Riverpoint Medical, LLC and Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS.

Soft's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Soft Robotics, Inc. moved from 35 to 16 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Riverpoint Medical

58
Sakata INX

58
Sami Labs

58
Seoul National Un…

58
Solarflare Commun…

58
Sorel

58
Safran Seats

58
Sartorius Stedim…

58
Soft Robotics ◀

58

What this shows Soft holds 58 patents at rank #5,881, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soft

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,881 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Soft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Soft ranks #33 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Brien Holden Vision Institute Limited 43 Spine Wave, Inc. 43 Fiskars Finland Oy Ab 43 Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

X-fab Semiconductor Foundries GMBH 17.7 avg Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation 17.7 avg Children's National Medical Center 17.7 avg mCube, Inc. 17.7 avg

Soft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Soft Robotics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	7	12.1%
2019	10	17.2%
2020	9	15.5%
2021	16	27.6%
2022	4	6.9%
2023	9	15.5%
2024	3	5.2%

Which technologies does Soft Robotics, Inc. patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 54

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 13

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 2

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 2

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 2

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 2

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

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Soft Robotics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soft Robotics, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 93.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #5,884 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soft Robotics, Inc. against Riverpoint Medical, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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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