Overall rank by patents
#43,373
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Suffolk ranks #43,373 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R43373 · US Corporation #43,373 · 6 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Stromsholmen AB (±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
Suffolk County… · this assignee
31 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Suffolk's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th 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.
Suffolk County Water Authority is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Suffolk sits between Stromsholmen AB and Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd..
Suffolk County Water Authority shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Stromsholmen AB
6 patents
Stryker Ireland, Ltd
6 patents
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
6 patents
Subsea 7 (US) LLC
6 patents
Suiken Co., Ltd.
6 patents
Sulfur Chemical Laboratory Inc.
6 patents
Sumitomo Corporation
6 patents
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd.
6 patents
Suffolk County Water Authority
6 patents
What this shows Suffolk holds 6 patents at rank #43,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #43,021 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Suffolk's primary technology class.
Suffolk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
31 35th percentile higher than 35% 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 16.7% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#43,373
of 49,997 tracked assignees
30.7 out of 100
What to do with this data
Suffolk County Water Authority's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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