Where does Sonaca S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sonaca S.A. ranks #27,465 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 Sonaca S.A. hold?

Sonaca S.A. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sonaca S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Sonaca S.A. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (49th 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 Sonaca S.A. focus on?

Sonaca S.A.'s top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 7 patents, ranking #157 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sonaca S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sonaca S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sonaca S.A.'s patents?

Sonaca S.A.'s patents average 13.0 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 Sonaca S.A. 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

Sonaca S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sonaca ranks #27,465 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#27,465
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27465 · Foreign Corporation #27,465 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,465/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SOL Pals
CPC-FOCUS B64C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SOL Pals, LLC (±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 Sonaca’s 35.0 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 (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 12.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sonaca · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sonaca's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (49th 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 Sonaca?

Each dot is one of Sonaca’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). Sonaca’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sonaca's grants concentrate

Sonaca S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Sonaca sits between SOL Pals, LLC and Soprema.

Sonaca's three-year grant acceleration

Sonaca S.A. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

SOL Pals

10
Solarreserve Tech…

10
Solution Expert 3…

10
Somagenics

10
Sony Dadc Austria

10
Sony Honda Mobili…

10
Soosan INT

10
Soprema

10
Sonaca ◀

10

What this shows Sonaca holds 10 patents at rank #27,373, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sonaca

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,373 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

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

Sonaca's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sonaca S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Sonaca S.A. patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 7

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Sonaca S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sonaca S.A.'s lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #27,465 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sonaca S.A. against SOL Pals, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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