Where does Stephenson Technologies Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stephenson Technologies Inc. ranks #20,462 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 Stephenson Technologies Inc. hold?

Stephenson Technologies Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Stephenson Technologies Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s patents?

Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Stephenson Technologies 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 Foreign Corporation

Stephenson Technologies Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Stephenson Technologies Inc. focus on?

Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s top technology area is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 13 patents, ranking #26 of 319 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stephenson ranks #20,462 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,462
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20462 · Foreign Corporation #20,462 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,462/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spoked Solutions
CPC-NARROW B60S · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spoked Solutions 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.

How Stephenson’s 33.9 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 9.4 pts (28%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 10.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stephenson · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stephenson's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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 Stephenson?

Each dot is one of Stephenson’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). Stephenson’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Stephenson's grants concentrate

Stephenson Technologies Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Stephenson sits between Spoked Solutions LLC and Stoneridge Control Devices, Inc..

Stephenson's three-year grant acceleration

Stephenson Technologies Inc. shows 4 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.

Spoked Solutions

14
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14
Star Sky Motor

14
Steerlife India P…

14
Sterno Home

14
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14
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14
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14
Stephenson ◀

14

What this shows Stephenson holds 14 patents at rank #20,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stephenson

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60S (Servicing)

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

Stephenson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Stephenson Technologies Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	14.3%
2019	4	28.6%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	3	21.4%
2022	1	7.1%
2023	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Stephenson Technologies Inc. patent most?

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 13

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 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

Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stephenson Technologies Inc.'s lead technology class is B60S (Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60S
Ranked #20,462 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stephenson Technologies Inc. against Spoked Solutions LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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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