Where does Spectra Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spectra Systems Corporation ranks #11,084 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 Spectra Systems Corporation hold?

Spectra Systems Corporation holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Spectra Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

Spectra Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.8 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Spectra Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spectra Systems Corporation's recent grant velocity is -58% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Spectra Systems Corporation's patents?

Spectra Systems Corporation's patents average 20.5 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 Spectra Systems Corporation 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

Spectra Systems Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Spectra Systems Corporation focus on?

Spectra Systems Corporation's top technology area is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing) with 21 patents, ranking #20 of 185 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spectra ranks #11,084 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 21 technology areas.

#11,084
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.8/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11084 · US Corporation #11,084 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,084/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shuffle Master & KG
CPC-FOCUS G07D · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG (±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 Spectra’s 46.8 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 11.6 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 16.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cardinal CG · near

47
Amlogic (SHANGHAI) · near

47
Berkshire Grey · near

47
Spectra Systems · this assignee

47
Umbra · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spectra's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 Spectra?

Each dot is one of Spectra’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). Spectra’s own 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Spectra's grants concentrate

Spectra Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Spectra sits between Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG and Sunstar Suisse SA.

Spectra's three-year grant acceleration

Spectra Systems Corporation shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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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28
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28
Sumitomo (SHI) Cr…

28
Sunstar Suisse

28
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28

What this shows Spectra holds 28 patents at rank #11,085, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spectra

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,085 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spectra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers), Spectra ranks #20 of 185 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Umbra Technologies Ltd. 47 Amlogic (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. 47 Berkshire Grey, Inc. 47 Cardinal CG Company 47

Spectra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Spectra Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	17.9%
2016	2	7.1%
2017	5	17.9%
2018	5	17.9%
2019	2	7.1%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	2	7.1%
2023	2	7.1%
2024	1	3.6%
2025partial year	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Spectra Systems Corporation patent most?

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 21

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 8

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 6

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

B01D - Separation 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Spectra Systems Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spectra Systems Corporation's lead technology class is G07D (Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07D
Ranked #11,084 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spectra Systems Corporation against Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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.

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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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