Where does South 8 Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), South 8 Technologies, Inc. ranks #15,637 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 South 8 Technologies, Inc. hold?

South 8 Technologies, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

South 8 Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for South 8 Technologies, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 South 8 Technologies, 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

South 8 Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does South 8 Technologies, Inc. focus on?

South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 16 patents, ranking #385 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, South ranks #15,637 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 9 technology areas.

#15,637
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15637 · US Corporation #15,637 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,637/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Skycatch
CPC-NARROW H01M · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 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 South’s 48.2 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 (21%) Velocity 18.3 pts (38%) Breadth 10.6 pts (22%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
South 8 · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows South's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 South?

Each dot is one of South’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). South’s own 14.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where South's grants concentrate

South 8 Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, South sits between Skycatch, Inc. and Spirent Communications PLC.

South's three-year grant acceleration

South 8 Technologies, Inc. shows 11 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.

Skycatch

19
Skytap

19
Smugmug

19
Somero Enterprises

19
Southern Motion

19
Sovaro Coolers

19
Spidercloud Wirel…

19
Spirent Communica…

19
South 8 ◀

19

What this shows South holds 19 patents at rank #15,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near South

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

South's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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South 8 Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	10.5%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	1	5.3%
2024	10	52.6%
2025partial year	4	21.1%

Which technologies does South 8 Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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 2

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

Top 9 of 9 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

South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

South 8 Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #15,637 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare South 8 Technologies, Inc. against Skycatch, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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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