Where does Sram, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sram, LLC ranks #1,476 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 Sram, LLC hold?

Sram, LLC holds 281 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Sram, LLC's Innovation Score?

Sram, LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sram, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sram, LLC's recent grant velocity is +63% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sram, LLC's patents?

Sram, LLC's patents average 17.0 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 Sram, 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

Sram, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Sram, LLC focus on?

Sram, LLC's top technology area is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles) with 157 patents. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 281 granted patents across 59 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: B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sram ranks #1,476 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 281 patents across 59 technology areas.

#1,476
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1476 · US Corporation #1,476 · 281 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 281 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,476/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shandong University
CPC-WIDE B62M · 59 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shandong University (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atlassian US · near

63
Board OF Regents OF… · near

63
Merck Sharp & Dohme · near

63
Sram · this assignee

63
ICU Medical · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sram's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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.

How Sram's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Sram, LLC received 155 grants versus 95 in 2015–2019 (+63% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 44 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 12. Lead class B62M accounts for 55.9% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Chengdu Qinchuan IOT Technology Co., Ltd. (#1,472) and Board OF Regents OF THE University OF Nebraska (#1,480).

Sram's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sram, LLC moved from 85 to 101 grants (1.19x 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 #802. See the growth leaderboard.

Chengdu Qinchuan…

282
Fotonation

282
GE Infrastructure…

282
Shandong Universi…

281
TC1

281
Sram ◀

281
Aerovironment

280
Anritsu

280
Board OF Regents…

280

What this shows Sram holds 281 patents at rank #1,476, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sram

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,476 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR Sledges)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sram, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Board OF Regents OF THE University OF Nebraska 63 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 63 ICU Medical, Inc. 63 Atlassian US, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd. 17.0 avg DRÄGERWERK AG & Co. Kgaa 17.0 avg Renesas Electronics America Inc. 17.0 avg Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. 17.0 avg

Sram's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Sram, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	4.3%
2016	16	5.7%
2017	20	7.1%
2018	16	5.7%
2019	31	11.0%
2020	26	9.3%
2021	28	10.0%
2022	17	6.0%
2023	44	15.7%
2024	40	14.2%
2025partial year	31	11.0%

Which technologies does Sram, LLC patent most?

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 157

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 111

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 104

B62L - Brakes Specially Adapted FOR Cycles 60

F16H - Gearing 48

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 32

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 23

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 20

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 18

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 13

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 13

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 11

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 9

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 6

Top 15 of 59 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,476

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sram, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sram, LLC's lead technology class is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles), 55.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62M
Ranked #1,476 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sram, LLC against Chengdu Qinchuan IOT Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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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