Where does Southern Mills, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southern Mills, Inc. ranks #12,675 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 Southern Mills, Inc. hold?

Southern Mills, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Southern Mills, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Southern Mills, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Southern Mills, Inc. focus on?

Southern Mills, Inc.'s top technology area is D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms) with 17 patents, ranking #10 of 226 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Southern Mills, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Southern Mills, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +20% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Southern Mills, Inc.'s patents?

Southern Mills, Inc.'s patents average 22.5 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 Southern Mills, 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

Southern Mills, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Southern ranks #12,675 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 15 technology areas.

#12,675
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12675 · US Corporation #12,675 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,675/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai XPT…
CPC-FOCUS D03D · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai XPT Technology Limited (±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 Southern’s 46.9 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 11.1 pts (24%) Velocity 8.6 pts (18%) Breadth 13.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Southern Mills · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southern's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 Southern?

Each dot is one of Southern’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). Southern’s own 22.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Southern's grants concentrate

Southern Mills, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 70.8% of grants classified under D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Southern sits between Shanghai XPT Technology Limited and Strata Products Worldwide, LLC.

Southern's three-year grant acceleration

Southern Mills, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Shanghai XPT Tech…

24
Silcotek

24
Sioux Steel

24
Siwa

24
Spin Transfer

24
Spireon

24
Spredfast

24
Strata Products W…

24
Southern Mills ◀

24

What this shows Southern holds 24 patents at rank #12,686, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Southern

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,686 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D03D (Woven Fabrics)

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)

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Southern Mills, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.2%
2017	2	8.3%
2018	3	12.5%
2019	4	16.7%
2020	3	12.5%
2022	2	8.3%
2023	3	12.5%
2024	4	16.7%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does Southern Mills, Inc. patent most?

D03D - Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms 17

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

D02G - Crimping OR Curling Fibres, Filaments, Threads, OR YARNS; Yarns OR Threads 13

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 12

D04B - Knitting 5

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 5

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 5

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 3

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Southern Mills, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Southern Mills, Inc.'s lead technology class is D03D (Woven FABRICS; Methods OF WEAVING; Looms), 70.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D03D
Ranked #12,675 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southern Mills, Inc. against Shanghai XPT Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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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