Where does Standard Lifters, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Standard Lifters, Inc. ranks #7,081 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 Standard Lifters, Inc. hold?

Standard Lifters, Inc. holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Standard Lifters, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Standard Lifters, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Standard Lifters, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Standard Lifters, Inc.'s patents average 23.4 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 Standard Lifters, 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

Standard Lifters, Inc.

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

Standard Lifters, Inc.'s top technology area is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal) with 47 patents, ranking #12 of 818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 10 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: B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Standard ranks #7,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 10 technology areas.

#7,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7081 · US Corporation #7,081 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sanford-Burnham…
CPC-FOCUS B21D · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (±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 Standard’s 51.1 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 13.4 pts (26%) Velocity 12.5 pts (24%) Breadth 11.2 pts (22%) Claim depth 14.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allstate Solutions… · near

51
R R Donnelley & Sons · near

51
Standard Lifters · this assignee

51
TI Automotive… · near

51
Traxxas · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Standard's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 Standard?

Each dot is one of Standard’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). Standard’s own 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Standard's grants concentrate

Standard Lifters, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Standard sits between SEG Automotive Germany GmbH and Sulzer Chemtech AG.

Standard's three-year grant acceleration

Standard Lifters, Inc. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

SEG Automotive Ge…

47
Sensoriant

47
Shanghai Hongyan…

47
SSH Communication…

47
Systech

47
Sanford-burnham M…

47
Sub-zero Group

47
Sulzer Chemtech

47
Standard Lifters ◀

47

What this shows Standard holds 47 patents at rank #7,079, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Standard

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,079 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Standard, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes), Standard ranks #12 of 818 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company 51 Allstate Solutions Private Limited 51 TI Automotive (Fuldabrück) GmbH 51 Traxxas, L.P. 51

Standard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Standard Lifters, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	14.9%
2016	8	17.0%
2017	3	6.4%
2018	4	8.5%
2019	5	10.6%
2020	2	4.3%
2021	1	2.1%
2022	8	17.0%
2023	5	10.6%
2024	2	4.3%
2025partial year	2	4.3%

Which technologies does Standard Lifters, Inc. patent most?

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 47

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 10

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 9

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

B30B - Presses IN General 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Standard Lifters, Inc.'s lead technology class is B21D (Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B21D
Ranked #7,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Standard Lifters, Inc. against SEG Automotive Germany GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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