Overall rank by patents
#15,638
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Southern ranks #15,638 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 0 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15638 · US Corporation #15,638 · 19 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Skytap (±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 Motion · this assignee
11 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Southern Motion, Inc. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-UNK, INNOV-LOW, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #15,638 of 50,000; Innovation Score 10.9/100 sits in the top 98% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Skytap (±0 grants).
Southern Motion, Inc. has been granted 19 US utility patents between 2015 and 2020, placing Southern Motion, Inc. at #15,638 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 0 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 1.0 claims per patent. As a US Corporation, Southern Motion, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Southern sits between Skytap (19 patents, rank #15,645) and Stem, Inc. (19 patents, rank #15,653) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 10.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 2 grants, compared with 17 in the 2015–2019 window, a -88% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Southern Motion, Inc.'s 1.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 0 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Skytap
19 patents
SmugMug, Inc.
19 patents
Somero Enterprises, Inc.
19 patents
South 8 Technologies, Inc.
19 patents
Sovaro Coolers, LLC
19 patents
Spidercloud Wireless, Inc.
19 patents
Spirent Communications PLC
19 patents
Stem, Inc.
19 patents
Southern Motion, Inc.
19 patents
What this shows Southern holds 19 patents at rank #15,649, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,649 in granted patent volume.
Southern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
11 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 10.5% |
| 2017 | 8 | 42.1% |
| 2018 | 3 | 15.8% |
| 2020 | 2 | 10.5% |
Overall rank by patents
#15,638
of 50,000 tracked assignees
10.9 out of 100
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