Where does Sterling International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sterling International, Inc. ranks #10,464 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 Sterling International, Inc. hold?

Sterling International, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Sterling International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sterling International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.9 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sterling International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sterling International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Sterling International, Inc.'s patents?

Sterling International, Inc.'s patents average 4.5 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 Sterling International, 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

Sterling International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sterling International, Inc. focus on?

Sterling International, Inc.'s top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 6 patents, ranking #52 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sterling ranks #10,464 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 4 technology areas.

#10,464
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.9/100): 4.5
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10464 · US Corporation #10,464 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,464/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Siemens Österreich
CPC-NARROW A01M · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens AG Österreich (±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 Sterling’s 22.9 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 11.9 pts (52%) Velocity 1.2 pts (5%) Breadth 7.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 2.7 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Reliance Worldwide… · near

23
Yupoong · near

23
Amsterdam Printing… · near

23
Sterling International · this assignee

23
Joint Innovation… · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sterling's Innovation Score is 22.9/100 (11th 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 Sterling?

Each dot is one of Sterling’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). Sterling’s own 4.5 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sterling's grants concentrate

Sterling International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sterling sits between Siemens AG Österreich and SyneuRx International (Taiwan) Corp..

Sterling's three-year grant acceleration

Sterling International, Inc. shows 2 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.

Siemens Österreich

30
Skywave Networks

30
Spinesmith Partne…

30
Stemco Products

30
Stetrix

30
Sunjoy Industries…

30
Surgiquest

30
Syneurx Internati…

30
Sterling Internat… ◀

30

What this shows Sterling holds 30 patents at rank #10,466, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sterling

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,466 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sterling, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01M (Catching), Sterling ranks #52 of 292 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Amsterdam Printing & Litho, Inc. 23 Reliance Worldwide Corporation (AUST.) PTY. Ltd. 23 Yupoong, Inc. 23 Joint Innovation Technology, LLC. 23

Sterling's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sterling International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	16.7%
2016	6	20.0%
2017	1	3.3%
2018	5	16.7%
2019	4	13.3%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	4	13.3%
2022	1	3.3%
2023	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Sterling International, Inc. patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

A23K - Fodder 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Sterling International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sterling International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #10,464 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sterling International, Inc. against Siemens AG Österreich, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.9/100 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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