Where does Softtronics, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Softtronics, Ltd. ranks #11,810 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 Softtronics, Ltd. hold?

Softtronics, Ltd. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Softtronics, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Softtronics, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 49.5 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Softtronics, Ltd. focus on?

Softtronics, Ltd.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 7 patents, ranking #1,036 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Softtronics, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Softtronics, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Softtronics, Ltd.'s patents?

Softtronics, Ltd.'s patents average 20.6 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 Softtronics, Ltd. 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

Softtronics, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 29 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Softtronics ranks #11,810 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 29 technology areas.

#11,810
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.5/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11810 · US Corporation #11,810 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,810/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shire-nps Pharmaceut…
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shire-nps Pharmaceuticals, 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.

How Softtronics’s 49.5 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 (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 19.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zhejiang Prulde… · near

49
Gutterglove · near

49
Softtronics · this assignee

49
Sumitomo Electric… · near

49
Enterprise Holdings · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Softtronics's Innovation Score is 49.5/100 (top 15% 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 Softtronics?

Each dot is one of Softtronics’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). Softtronics’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Softtronics's grants concentrate

Softtronics, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 26.9% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Softtronics sits between Shire-nps Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Soracom, Inc.

Softtronics's three-year grant acceleration

Softtronics, Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Shire-nps Pharmac…

26
SII Crystal Techn…

26
Smiss Technology

26
Smed-ta/TD

26
Solazyme

26
Solvay USA

26
Song Chuan Precis…

26
Soracom

26
Softtronics ◀

26

What this shows Softtronics holds 26 patents at rank #11,800, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Softtronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,800 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Softtronics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Softtronics ranks #1,036 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Gutterglove, Inc. 49 Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd. 49 Enterprise Holdings, Inc. 49 Zhejiang Prulde Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. 49

Softtronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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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.

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Softtronics, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.5%
2016	6	23.1%
2017	4	15.4%
2018	3	11.5%
2019	2	7.7%
2020	1	3.8%
2021	2	7.7%
2022	5	19.2%

Which technologies does Softtronics, Ltd. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 7

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 4

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

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

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

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Softtronics, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Softtronics, Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 26.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #11,810 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Softtronics, Ltd. against Shire-nps Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.5/100 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.