Overall rank by patents
#17,229
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: F04B (POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, ST9 ranks #17,229 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17229 · US Corporation #17,229 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Spartus Llc (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
ST9 GAS AND OIL · this assignee
38 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows ST9 GAS AND OIL, Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #17,229 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.6/100 sits in the top 43% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Spartus Llc (±0 grants).
ST9 GAS AND OIL, Llc has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2020 and 2023, placing ST9 GAS AND OIL, Llc at #17,229 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in F04B (POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS). As a US Corporation, ST9 GAS AND OIL, Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, ST9 sits between Spartus Llc (17 patents, rank #17,184) and Steiner-optik Gmbh (17 patents, rank #17,192) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2020 through 2023, with 17 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. ST9 GAS AND OIL, Llc's 17.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SPARTUS LLC
17 patents
SPATIAL SYSTEMS INC.
17 patents
ST PHARM CO., LTD.
17 patents
ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
17 patents
STACT WINE DISPLAYS INC.
17 patents
STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P.
17 patents
STAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17 patents
STEINER-OPTIK GmbH
17 patents
ST9 GAS AND OIL, LLC
17 patents
What this shows ST9 holds 17 patents at rank #17,188, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,188 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in ST9's primary technology class.
ST9's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2021 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2022 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2023 | 5 | 29.4% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,229
of 50,000 tracked assignees
37.6 out of 100
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