Where does STI Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), STI Holdings, Inc. ranks #5,116 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 STI Holdings, Inc. hold?

STI Holdings, Inc. holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is STI Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

STI Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.1 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does STI Holdings, Inc. focus on?

STI Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 35 patents, ranking #98 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is STI Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

STI Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +116% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for STI Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

STI Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 15.1 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 STI Holdings, 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

STI Holdings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 37 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, STI ranks #5,116 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 37 technology areas.

#5,116
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.1/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +116%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5116 · US Corporation #5,116 · 68 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,116/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Repligen
CPC-FOCUS B62D · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +116% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Repligen Corporation (±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 STI’s 52.1 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 14.6 pts (28%) Velocity 7.0 pts (13%) Breadth 21.5 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wabtec Holding · near

52
Krauss-maffei… · near

52
Spinal Simplicity · near

52
STI Holdings · this assignee

52
u-blox · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows STI's Innovation Score is 52.1/100 (top 10% 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 STI?

Each dot is one of STI’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). STI’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where STI's grants concentrate

STI Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 51.5% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, STI sits between Repligen Corporation and Scott Technologies, Inc..

STI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, STI Holdings, Inc. moved from 22 to 23 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Repligen

68
Rohinni

68
Sailpoint

68
Soongsil Universi…

68
Sugatsune Kogyo

68
Schneider Electri…

68
Scosche Industries

68
Scott

68
STI Holdings ◀

68

What this shows STI holds 68 patents at rank #5,109, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near STI

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,109 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for STI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62D (Motor Vehicles), STI ranks #98 of 1,368 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

u-blox AG 52 Spinal Simplicity, LLC 52 Krauss-maffei Wegmann GMBH & Co. KG 52 Wabtec Holding Corp. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

Keygene N.V. 15.1 avg Theravance Biopharma R&D IP, LLC 15.1 avg Rolls-royce plc 15.1 avg Howard University 15.1 avg

STI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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STI Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.5%
2016	4	5.9%
2017	6	8.8%
2018	4	5.9%
2019	4	5.9%
2020	8	11.8%
2021	10	14.7%
2022	3	4.4%
2023	12	17.6%
2024	8	11.8%
2025partial year	8	11.8%

Which technologies does STI Holdings, Inc. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 35

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 11

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 8

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 5

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 4

B60D - Vehicle Connections 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

Top 15 of 37 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

STI Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

STI Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 51.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #5,116 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare STI Holdings, Inc. against Repligen Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.1/100 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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