Where does SPL Industries USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SPL Industries USA, Inc. ranks #43,271 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 SPL Industries USA, Inc. hold?

SPL Industries USA, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SPL Industries USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 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%).

Is SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s patents?

SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s patents average 21.5 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 SPL Industries USA, Inc. 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

SPL Industries USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does SPL Industries USA, Inc. focus on?

SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s top technology area is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #602 of 2,247 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. 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: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SPL ranks #43,271 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 8 technology areas.

#43,271
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43271 · US Corporation #43,271 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,271/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spatialx
CPC-NARROW H05B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spatialx Inc. (±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 SPL’s 29.6 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SPL Industries USA · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SPL's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (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 SPL?

Each dot is one of SPL’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). SPL’s own 21.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SPL's grants concentrate

SPL Industries USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, SPL sits between Spatialx Inc. and Spritz, Inc..

Spatialx

6
SPC Sunflower Pla…

6
Special Protectors

6
SPF Innovations

6
Spoods

6
Sportvision

6
Spring Rainbow Op…

6
Spritz

6
SPL Industries USA ◀

6

What this shows SPL holds 6 patents at rank #42,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SPL

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05B (Electric Heating)

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

SPL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 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 · 2017–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SPL Industries USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	66.7%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does SPL Industries USA, Inc. patent most?

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 5

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SPL Industries USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05B
Ranked #43,271 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SPL Industries USA, Inc. against Spatialx Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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