Where does South East Water Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), South East Water Corporation ranks #23,434 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 East Water Corporation hold?

South East Water Corporation holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is South East Water Corporation's Innovation Score?

South East Water Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.7 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does South East Water Corporation focus on?

South East Water Corporation's top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 7 patents, ranking #451 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is South East Water Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

South East Water Corporation's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for South East Water Corporation's patents?

South East Water Corporation's patents average 22.8 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 East Water Corporation 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

South East Water Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, South ranks #23,434 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 28 technology areas.

#23,434
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.7/100): 22.8
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23434 · Foreign Corporation #23,434 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,434/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Soligenix
CPC-FOCUS G05D · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Soligenix, 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 43.7 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 8.9 pts (20%) Velocity 2.5 pts (6%) Breadth 18.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 13.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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South East Water · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows South's Innovation Score is 43.7/100 (top 27% 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 22.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where South's grants concentrate

South East Water Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, South sits between Soligenix, Inc. and Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC.

South's three-year grant acceleration

South East Water Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Soligenix

12
Solsten

12
Solta Medical Ire…

12
Somalogic Operati…

12
Southern Innovati…

12
Spartan Motors

12
Special Projects…

12
Specialty Fitness…

12
South East Water ◀

12

What this shows South holds 12 patents at rank #23,456, 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 #23,456 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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)

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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South East Water Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	4	33.3%
2021	3	25.0%
2022	2	16.7%
2024	1	8.3%

Which technologies does South East Water Corporation patent most?

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 7

E03F - SEWERS; Cesspools 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 4

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

F24D - Domestic- OR Space-heating Systems, e.g. Central Heating SYSTEMS; Domestic Hot-water Supply SYSTEMS; Elements OR Components Therefor 2

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 2

F17D - Pipe-line SYSTEMS; Pipe-lines 2

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

South East Water Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

South East Water Corporation's lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #23,434 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare South East Water Corporation against Soligenix, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.7/100 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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