Where does Somero Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Somero Enterprises, Inc. ranks #15,636 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 Somero Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Somero Enterprises, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Somero Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.3 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +38% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Somero Enterprises, 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

Somero Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Somero Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair) with 15 patents, ranking #19 of 311 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Somero ranks #15,636 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,636
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.3/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15636 · US Corporation #15,636 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,636/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skycatch
CPC-FOCUS E01C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skycatch, 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 Somero’s 38.3 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 12.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Somero Enterprises · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Somero's Innovation Score is 38.3/100 (top 41% 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 Somero?

Each dot is one of Somero’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). Somero’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Somero's grants concentrate

Somero Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 78.9% of grants classified under E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Somero sits between SkyHawke Technologies, LLC and Spidercloud Wireless, Inc..

Somero's three-year grant acceleration

Somero Enterprises, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Skyhawke

19
Skycatch

19
Skytap

19
Smugmug

19
South 8

19
Southern Motion

19
Sovaro Coolers

19
Spidercloud Wirel…

19
Somero Enterprises ◀

19

What this shows Somero holds 19 patents at rank #15,647, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Somero

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,647 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01C (Construction OF)

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

Somero's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Somero Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	10.5%
2017	1	5.3%
2018	1	5.3%
2019	4	21.1%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	5	26.3%
2022	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Somero Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 15

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 10

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 9

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 2

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

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

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is E01C (Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair), 78.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01C
Ranked #15,636 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Somero Enterprises, Inc. against SkyHawke Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.3/100 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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