Where does Source Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Source Inc. ranks #17,219 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 Source Inc. hold?

Source Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Source Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Source Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Source Inc. focus on?

Source Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 9 patents, ranking #2,562 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

Source Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Source Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Source 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 Foreign Corporation

Source Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Source ranks #17,219 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#17,219
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +1300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17219 · Foreign Corporation #17,219 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,219/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Solar Junction
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Solar Junction Corporation (±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 Source’s 44.6 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 10.0 pts (22%) Velocity 10.0 pts (22%) Breadth 13.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Source · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Source's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Source?

Each dot is one of Source’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). Source’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Source's grants concentrate

Source Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Source sits between Solar Junction Corporation and ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC.

Source's three-year grant acceleration

Source Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Solar Junction

17
Solarlab Aiko Eur…

17
Solco Biomedical

17
Sortera

17
Spartus

17
Spatial Systems

17
ST Pharm

17
ST Reproductive

17
Source ◀

17

What this shows Source holds 17 patents at rank #17,183, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Source

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,183 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Source's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Source Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	5.9%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	4	23.5%
2024	3	17.6%
2025partial year	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Source Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Source Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #17,219 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Source Inc. against Solar Junction Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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.