Where does SST Systems, Inc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SST Systems, Inc ranks #10,187 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 SST Systems, Inc hold?

SST Systems, Inc holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is SST Systems, Inc's Innovation Score?

SST Systems, Inc has an Innovation Score of 47.9 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SST Systems, Inc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SST Systems, Inc's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SST Systems, Inc's patents?

SST Systems, Inc's patents average 18.8 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 SST Systems, 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

SST Systems, Inc

Q: What technology areas does SST Systems, Inc focus on?

SST Systems, Inc's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 18 patents, ranking #104 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 26 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SST ranks #10,187 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 26 technology areas.

#10,187
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.9/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10187 · US Corporation #10,187 · 31 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,187/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sandvik Materials…
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland 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 SST’s 47.9 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 12.0 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 18.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ecovative Design · near

48
QD Vision · near

48
SST Systems · this assignee

48
Thin Film ASA · near

48
Uniwersytet… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SST's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 SST?

Each dot is one of SST’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). SST’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SST's grants concentrate

SST Systems, Inc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 58.1% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, SST sits between Shenzhen Xingrisheng Industrial Co., Ltd. and Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH.

SST's three-year grant acceleration

SST Systems, Inc shows 11 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.

Shenzhen Xingrish…

31
Siemens Energy AS

31
Sinclair Broadcas…

31
Sionyx

31
ST Jude Medical AB

31
Stmicroelectronic…

31
Sunnybrook Health…

31
Sandvik Materials…

31
SST Systems ◀

31

What this shows SST holds 31 patents at rank #10,174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SST

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SST, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), SST ranks #104 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Ecovative Design LLC 48 QD Vision, Inc. 48 Thin Film Electronics ASA 48 Uniwersytet Jagiellonski 48

SST's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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SST Systems, Inc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.2%
2016	2	6.5%
2017	1	3.2%
2018	2	6.5%
2019	2	6.5%
2020	4	12.9%
2021	5	16.1%
2023	10	32.3%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	3	9.7%

Which technologies does SST Systems, Inc patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 18

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 9

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 8

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 3

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

Top 15 of 26 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

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

SST Systems, Inc's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 58.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #10,187 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SST Systems, Inc against Shenzhen Xingrisheng Industrial Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.9/100 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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