Overall rank by patents
#21,813
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Southern ranks #21,813 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 1 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21813 · Foreign Corporation #21,813 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Southern Implants (p… · this assignee
45 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Southern'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.
Southern Implants (pty) Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Southern sits between Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, Llc and Specialty Earth Sciences, Llc.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Softwave Tissue Regeneration Technologies, LLC
13 patents
Solatube International, Inc.
13 patents
SomniQ, Inc.
13 patents
Sonny's Enterprises, LLC
13 patents
Southwest University of Science and Technology
13 patents
Sparkly Soul, Inc.
13 patents
Spec Seats Technologies Inc.
13 patents
Specialty Earth Sciences, LLC
13 patents
Southern Implants (PTY) Ltd
13 patents
What this shows Southern holds 13 patents at rank #21,836, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,836 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Southern's primary technology class.
Southern'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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.7% |
Top 1 of 1 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,813
of 50,000 tracked assignees
44.6 out of 100
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