Where does SP Industries LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SP Industries LLC ranks #33,391 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 SP Industries LLC hold?

SP Industries LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is SP Industries LLC's Innovation Score?

SP Industries LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SP Industries LLC focus on?

SP Industries LLC's top technology area is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom) with 7 patents, ranking #25 of 377 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is SP Industries LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SP Industries LLC's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 SP Industries LLC's patents?

SP Industries LLC's patents average 12.9 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 SP Industries LLC 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

SP Industries LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SP ranks #33,391 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 8 technology areas.

#33,391
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33391 · US Corporation #33,391 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,391/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sophia Genetics
CPC-NARROW F26B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sophia Genetics S.A. (±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 SP’s 27.5 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 (28%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 10.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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SP Industries · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows SP's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (24th percentile 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 SP?

Each dot is one of SP’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). SP’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SP's grants concentrate

SP Industries LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, SP sits between Sophia Genetics S.A. and Spherex, Inc..

SP's three-year grant acceleration

SP Industries LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows SP holds 8 patents at rank #33,249, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SP

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,249 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Ther…)

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

SP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SP Industries LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	1	12.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	2	25.0%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does SP Industries LLC patent most?

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 8 of 8 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

SP Industries LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SP Industries LLC's lead technology class is F26B (Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F26B
Ranked #33,391 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SP Industries LLC against Sophia Genetics S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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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