Where does Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC ranks #23,440 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 Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC hold?

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's patents?

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's patents average 17.8 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 Specialty Fitness Systems, 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

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC focus on?

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 12 patents, ranking #104 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Specialty ranks #23,440 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#23,440
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23440 · US Corporation #23,440 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,440/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH South East Water
CPC-NARROW A63B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: South East Water Corporation (±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 Specialty’s 31.2 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 8.9 pts (29%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 5.0 pts (16%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Specialty Fitness… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Specialty's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Specialty?

Each dot is one of Specialty’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). Specialty’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Specialty's grants concentrate

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Specialty sits between South East Water Corporation and Spray Moret, LLC.

Specialty's three-year grant acceleration

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

South East Water

12
Southern Innovati…

12
Spartan Motors

12
Special Projects…

12
Specialty Lightin…

12
Spectral MD

12
Spinal USA

12
Spray Moret

12
Specialty Fitness… ◀

12

What this shows Specialty holds 12 patents at rank #23,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Specialty

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,460 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Specialty's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	25.0%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	3	25.0%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 12

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 2 of 2 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

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC's lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #23,440 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Specialty Fitness Systems, LLC against South East Water Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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

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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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