Overall rank by patents
#20,448
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: E21B (EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Southern ranks #20,448 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 25 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20448 · Foreign Corporation #20,448 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Smiths Interconnect Americas, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Southern Marine Scie… · this assignee
54 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Southern's Innovation Score is 53.5/100 (top 9% 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 Marine Science And Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (guangzhou) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 21.4% of grants classified under E21B (EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Southern sits between Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc. and Spoked Solutions Llc.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Smiths Interconnect Americas, Inc.
14 patents
Sociéte anonyme de la manufacture d'horlogerie Audemars Piquet & Cie
14 patents
SolarWindow Technologies, Inc.
14 patents
Solos Technology Limited
14 patents
Sovereign Peak Ventures, LLC
14 patents
Spears Manufacturing Co.
14 patents
Specialty Surgical Instrumentation, Inc.
14 patents
Spoked Solutions LLC
14 patents
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
14 patents
What this shows Southern holds 14 patents at rank #20,456, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,456 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)
54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 21.4% |
Top 15 of 25 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,448
of 50,000 tracked assignees
53.5 out of 100
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