Where does Softiron Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Softiron Limited ranks #14,283 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 Softiron Limited hold?

Softiron Limited holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Softiron Limited's Innovation Score?

Softiron Limited has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Softiron Limited focus on?

Softiron Limited's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 16 patents, ranking #2,520 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Softiron Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Softiron Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Softiron Limited's patents?

Softiron Limited's patents average 19.2 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 Softiron Limited 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

Softiron Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Softiron ranks #14,283 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 8 technology areas.

#14,283
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14283 · Foreign Corporation #14,283 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,283/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skis Rossignol
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skis Rossignol (±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 Softiron’s 52.2 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 10.7 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 10.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Softiron · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Softiron's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 Softiron?

Each dot is one of Softiron’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). Softiron’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Softiron's grants concentrate

Softiron Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 76.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Softiron sits between Skis Rossignol and SPS Technologies, LLC.

Softiron's three-year grant acceleration

Softiron Limited shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Skis Rossignol

21
Smartflow

21
Smith & Fong

21
Soft Lines Intern…

21
Spectrum Medical

21
Spectrum Solutions

21
Spinewelding

21
SPS

21
Softiron ◀

21

What this shows Softiron holds 21 patents at rank #14,267, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Softiron

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,267 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Softiron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Softiron Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	4.8%
2022	4	19.0%
2023	5	23.8%
2024	8	38.1%
2025partial year	3	14.3%

Which technologies does Softiron Limited patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Softiron Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Softiron Limited's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 76.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14,283 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Softiron Limited against Skis Rossignol, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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.