Where does SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH ranks #43,254 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 SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH hold?

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's Innovation Score?

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's patents?

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's patents average 13.3 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 SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH 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

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH

Q: What technology areas does SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH focus on?

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SPC ranks #43,254 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 13 technology areas.

#43,254
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43254 · Foreign Corporation #43,254 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,254/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sparck B V
CPC-FOCUS B29C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sparck Technologies B.V. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SPC Sunflower… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SPC's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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.

Where SPC's grants concentrate

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing). By volume, SPC sits between Sparck Technologies B.V. and Spoods GMBH.

SPC's three-year grant acceleration

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH shows 2 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.

Sparck B V

6
Sparkle CS

6
Sparrow

6
Spatialx

6
Special Protectors

6
SPF Innovations

6
SPL Industries USA

6
Spoods

6
SPC Sunflower Pla… ◀

6

What this shows SPC holds 6 patents at rank #42,964, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SPC

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,964 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

SPC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

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

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,254

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH's lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #43,254 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SPC Sunflower Plastic Compound GmbH against Sparck Technologies B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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