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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spyderco, Inc. ranks #8,118 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 Spyderco, Inc. hold?

Spyderco, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Spyderco, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Spyderco, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th 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 Spyderco, Inc. focus on?

Spyderco, Inc.'s top technology area is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 10 patents, ranking #27 of 239 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Spyderco, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Spyderco, Inc.'s patents average 5.0 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 Spyderco, 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

Spyderco, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 8 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: B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spyderco ranks #8,118 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 8 technology areas.

#8,118
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 5.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8118 · US Corporation #8,118 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,118/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RedHill Biopharma
CPC-NARROW B26B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (±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 Spyderco’s 30.7 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 12.8 pts (42%) Velocity 4.8 pts (16%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dundee Sustainable · near

31
Oncorus · near

31
Rimowa · near

31
Spyderco · this assignee

31
Moderna Therapeutics · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spyderco's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th 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 Spyderco?

Each dot is one of Spyderco’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). Spyderco’s own 5.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Spyderco's grants concentrate

Spyderco, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Spyderco sits between RedHill Biopharma Ltd. and Silixa Ltd..

Spyderco's three-year grant acceleration

Spyderco, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Redhill Biopharma

40
Resmed Motor

40
Sengled Optoelect…

40
Shenzhen Hello Te…

40
Scandit

40
Segway Technology

40
Silgan Plastics

40
Silixa

40
Spyderco ◀

40

What this shows Spyderco holds 40 patents at rank #8,108, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spyderco

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,108 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spyderco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools), Spyderco ranks #27 of 239 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Rimowa GmbH 31 Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc. 31 Oncorus, Inc. 31 Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. 31

Spyderco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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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Spyderco, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	17.5%
2016	7	17.5%
2017	3	7.5%
2018	2	5.0%
2020	2	5.0%
2021	9	22.5%
2022	1	2.5%
2023	4	10.0%
2024	3	7.5%
2025partial year	2	5.0%

Which technologies does Spyderco, Inc. patent most?

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 2

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 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

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

Spyderco, Inc.'s lead technology class is B26B (Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B26B
Ranked #8,118 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spyderco, Inc. against RedHill Biopharma Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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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