Where does S.P.M. Instrument AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), S.P.M. Instrument AB ranks #13,705 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 S.P.M. Instrument AB hold?

S.P.M. Instrument AB holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is S.P.M. Instrument AB's Innovation Score?

S.P.M. Instrument AB has an Innovation Score of 37.5 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does S.P.M. Instrument AB focus on?

S.P.M. Instrument AB's top technology area is G01H (Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves) with 22 patents, ranking #6 of 338 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is S.P.M. Instrument AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

S.P.M. Instrument AB's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 S.P.M. Instrument AB's patents?

S.P.M. Instrument AB's patents average 21.6 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 S.P.M. Instrument AB 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

S.P.M. Instrument AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 8 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: G01H (Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, S.p.m. ranks #13,705 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 8 technology areas.

#13,705
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.5/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13705 · Foreign Corporation #13,705 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,705/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Retrotope
CPC-NARROW G01H · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Retrotope, 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 S.p.m.’s 37.5 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 10.8 pts (29%) Velocity 3.7 pts (10%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
S P M Instrument AB · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows S.p.m.'s Innovation Score is 37.5/100 (top 44% 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 S.p.m.?

Each dot is one of S.p.m.’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). S.p.m.’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where S.p.m.'s grants concentrate

S.P.M. Instrument AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01H (Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, S.p.m. sits between Retrotope, Inc. and Schunk Sonosystems GMBH.

S.p.m.'s three-year grant acceleration

S.P.M. Instrument AB shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Retrotope

22
Rightquestion

22
Romark Laboratori…

22
Royalty Bugaboo

22
Sansha Electric M…

22
Schleifring UND A…

22
Schott Schweiz

22
Schunk Sonosystems

22
S P M Instrument… ◀

22

What this shows S.P.M. holds 22 patents at rank #13,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SPM

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,661 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01H (Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic)

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

S.p.m.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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S.P.M. Instrument AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.1%
2016	2	9.1%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	3	13.6%
2019	4	18.2%
2020	3	13.6%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	1	4.5%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does S.P.M. Instrument AB patent most?

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 22

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

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

S.P.M. Instrument AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

S.P.M. Instrument AB's lead technology class is G01H (Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01H
Ranked #13,705 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare S.P.M. Instrument AB against Retrotope, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.5/100 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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