Where does Southwest Forestry University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southwest Forestry University ranks #33,390 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 Southwest Forestry University hold?

Southwest Forestry University holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Southwest Forestry University's Innovation Score?

Southwest Forestry University has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Southwest Forestry University focus on?

Southwest Forestry University's top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 3 patents, ranking #956 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Southwest Forestry University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Southwest Forestry University.

What does claim depth mean for Southwest Forestry University's patents?

Southwest Forestry University's patents average 9.4 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 Southwest Forestry University 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

Southwest Forestry University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Southwest ranks #33,390 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 22 technology areas.

#33,390
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 9.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33390 · Foreign Corporation #33,390 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,390/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sonic Blocks
CPC-FOCUS C08L · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sonic Blocks, 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 Southwest’s 49.8 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 7.6 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 16.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Southwest Forestry… · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southwest's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Southwest?

Each dot is one of Southwest’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). Southwest’s own 9.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Southwest's grants concentrate

Southwest Forestry University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Southwest sits between Sonic Blocks, Inc. and Speedplay, Inc..

Southwest's three-year grant acceleration

Southwest Forestry University shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Sonic Blocks

8
Sonoma Pharmaceut…

8
Sophono

8
Southchip Semicon…

8
Spatial Transcrip…

8
Specialty Sales

8
Spectrum Health I…

8
Speedplay

8
Southwest Forestr… ◀

8

What this shows Southwest holds 8 patents at rank #33,432, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Southwest

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,432 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Southwest's primary technology class.

Southwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Southwest Forestry University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	25.0%
2023	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	3	37.5%

Which technologies does Southwest Forestry University patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 1

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

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 1

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Southwest Forestry University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Southwest Forestry University's lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #33,390 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southwest Forestry University against Sonic Blocks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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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