Where does Soma Research, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soma Research, LLC ranks #27,463 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 Soma Research, LLC hold?

Soma Research, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Soma Research, LLC's Innovation Score?

Soma Research, LLC has an Innovation Score of 26.8 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Soma Research, LLC focus on?

Soma Research, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 10 patents, ranking #1,719 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Soma Research, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soma Research, LLC's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Soma Research, LLC's patents?

Soma Research, LLC's patents average 26.6 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 Soma Research, LLC 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

Soma Research, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Soma ranks #27,463 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 1 technology areas.

#27,463
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.8/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27463 · US Corporation #27,463 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,463/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smithsonian…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smithsonian Institution (±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 Soma’s 26.8 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 8.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 3.5 pts (13%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (56%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Soma Research · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soma's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (22nd percentile 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 Soma?

Each dot is one of Soma’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). Soma’s own 26.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Soma's grants concentrate

Soma Research, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Soma sits between Smithsonian Institution and Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc..

Smithsonian Insti…

10
Snow Joe

10
Soane Mining

10
Solutex NA

10
Sonics & Materials

10
Sonnax Industries

10
Sony Network Comm…

10
Southwest Agri-pl…

10
Soma Research ◀

10

What this shows Soma holds 10 patents at rank #27,495, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soma

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,495 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Soma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Soma Research, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	6	60.0%

Which technologies does Soma Research, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Soma Research, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soma Research, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #27,463 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soma Research, LLC against Smithsonian Institution, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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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