Where does Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC ranks #988 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 Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC hold?

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC holds 446 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's Innovation Score?

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (31st 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 Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC focus on?

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's top technology area is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories) with 2 patents, ranking #166 of 376 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's patents?

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's patents average 1.1 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 Spectrum Diversified Designs, 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

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 446 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spectrum ranks #988 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 446 patents across 2 technology areas.

#988
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 1.1
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R988 · US Corporation #988 · 446 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 446 grants
TOP-DECILE #988/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ecole Polytechnique…
CPC-NARROW A47K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (EPFL) (±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 Spectrum’s 29.4 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 21.1 pts (72%) Velocity 2.6 pts (9%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 0.7 pts (2%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TGK · near

29
Five9 · near

29
IPL · near

29
Spectrum Diversified… · this assignee

29
Substrate · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spectrum's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (31st 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 Spectrum?

Each dot is one of Spectrum’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). Spectrum’s own 1.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Spectrum's grants concentrate

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 0.4% of grants classified under A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (69 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2022. By volume, Spectrum sits between Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. and University OF Maryland, College Park.

Spectrum's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC moved from 167 to 66 grants (0.40x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,887. See the growth leaderboard.

Yanmar Holdings

448
Universal City St…

447
Ecole Polytechniq…

446
RAI Strategic Hol…

446
The Charles Stark…

446
Spectrum Diversif… ◀

446
Nissan Chemical I…

445
Pirelli Tyre S P A

445
University OF Mar…

444

What this shows Spectrum holds 446 patents at rank #988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spectrum

By rank, the assignees closest to #988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47K (Sanitary Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spectrum, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47K (Sanitary Equipment), Spectrum ranks #166 of 376 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

IPL Inc. 29 Five9, Inc. 29 Substrate Inc. 29 TGK Co., Ltd. 29

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.1 here).

Birkenstock IP GmbH 1.1 avg Comfort Research, LLC 1.1 avg Rothy's, Inc 1.1 avg Flos S.P.A. 1.1 avg

Spectrum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	38	8.5%
2016	67	15.0%
2017	49	11.0%
2018	59	13.2%
2019	49	11.0%
2020	69	15.5%
2021	49	11.0%
2022	15	3.4%
2023	22	4.9%
2024	29	6.5%

Which technologies does Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC patent most?

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 2

F16H - Gearing 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC's lead technology class is A47K (Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories), 0.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47K
Ranked #988 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spectrum Diversified Designs, LLC against Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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