Where does Springfield, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Springfield, Inc. ranks #8,685 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 Springfield, Inc. hold?

Springfield, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Springfield, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Springfield, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.1 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%).

Is Springfield, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Springfield, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +440% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Springfield, Inc.'s patents?

Springfield, Inc.'s patents average 10.7 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 Springfield, 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

Springfield, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Springfield, Inc. focus on?

Springfield, Inc.'s top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 10 patents, ranking #53 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Springfield ranks #8,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 4 technology areas.

#8,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: +440%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8685 · US Corporation #8,685 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schölly Fiberoptic
CPC-NARROW F41A · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +440% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH (±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 Springfield’s 37.1 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 12.6 pts (34%) Velocity 11.1 pts (30%) Breadth 7.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LedEngin · near

37
Moxietec · near

37
Neuronetics · near

37
Springfield · this assignee

37
Miltenyi Biotec · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Springfield's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (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 Springfield?

Each dot is one of Springfield’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). Springfield’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Springfield's grants concentrate

Springfield, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 27% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Springfield sits between Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH and THE 13th Research Institute OF China Electronics Technology Group Corporation.

Springfield's three-year grant acceleration

Springfield, Inc. shows 20 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Schölly Fiberoptic

37
Sentinel Labs Isr…

37
Shenzhen Treasure…

37
Sound United

37
Taizhou Sukk Furn…

37
Tempur World

37
TGW Logistics

37
THE 13th Research…

37
Springfield ◀

37

What this shows Springfield holds 37 patents at rank #8,686, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Springfield

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,686 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Springfield, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…), Springfield ranks #53 of 374 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Neuronetics, Inc. 37 LedEngin, Inc. 37 Moxietec, LLC 37 Miltenyi Biotec, Inc. 37

Springfield'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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Springfield, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	5	13.5%
2020	5	13.5%
2021	2	5.4%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	6	16.2%
2024	11	29.7%
2025partial year	5	13.5%

Which technologies does Springfield, Inc. patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 10

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 9

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

Top 4 of 4 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

Springfield, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Springfield, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 27% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #8,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Springfield, Inc. against Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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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