Where does Softwear Automation Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Softwear Automation Inc. ranks #11,442 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 Softwear Automation Inc. hold?

Softwear Automation Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Softwear Automation Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Softwear Automation Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Softwear Automation Inc. focus on?

Softwear Automation Inc.'s top technology area is D05B (Sewing) with 20 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Softwear Automation Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Softwear Automation Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +2400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Softwear Automation Inc.'s patents?

Softwear Automation Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Softwear Automation 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

Softwear Automation Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: D05B (Sewing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Softwear ranks #11,442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 14 technology areas.

#11,442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +2400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11442 · US Corporation #11,442 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shennan Circuits
CPC-FOCUS D05B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shennan Circuits Co., Ltd. (±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
Acutus Medical · near

44
Avegant · near

44
IHP —INNOVATIONS… · near

44
Softwear Automation · this assignee

44
Star Micronics · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Softwear's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Softwear's grants concentrate

Softwear Automation Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 74.1% of grants classified under D05B (Sewing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Softwear sits between Shennan Circuits Co., Ltd. and Source Global, PBC.

Softwear's three-year grant acceleration

Softwear Automation Inc. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Shennan Circuits

27
Shin-etsu Quartz…

27
Sinyu Technology…

27
Sofec

27
Solantro Semicond…

27
Solar Frontier K K

27
Solmetex

27
Source Global PBC

27
Softwear Automati… ◀

27

What this shows Softwear holds 27 patents at rank #11,426, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Softwear

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,426 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D05B (Sewing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Softwear, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Acutus Medical, Inc. 44 IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik 44 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. 44 Avegant Corp. 44

Softwear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Softwear Automation Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	3.7%
2020	3	11.1%
2021	9	33.3%
2022	6	22.2%
2023	5	18.5%
2024	2	7.4%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Softwear Automation Inc. patent most?

D05B - Sewing 20

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 14

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

D05D - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses D05b AND D05c, Relating TO Sewing, Embroidering AND Tufting 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,442

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Softwear Automation Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Softwear Automation Inc.'s lead technology class is D05B (Sewing), 74.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D05B
Ranked #11,442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Softwear Automation Inc. against Shennan Circuits Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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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