Where does Sukup Manufacturing Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sukup Manufacturing Co. ranks #7,198 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 Sukup Manufacturing Co. hold?

Sukup Manufacturing Co. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s Innovation Score?

Sukup Manufacturing Co. has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s recent grant velocity is +47% 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 Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s patents?

Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s patents average 22.0 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 Sukup Manufacturing Co. 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

Sukup Manufacturing Co.

Q: What technology areas does Sukup Manufacturing Co. focus on?

Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 18 patents, ranking #104 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 30 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sukup ranks #7,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 30 technology areas.

#7,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: +47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7198 · US Corporation #7,198 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,198/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Scientific Design
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Scientific Design Company, Inc. (±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 Sukup’s 50.4 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 13.3 pts (26%) Velocity 4.6 pts (9%) Breadth 19.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acergy France SAS · near

50
Elevation Lab · near

50
Informatica · near

50
Lotte Advanced… · near

50
Sukup Manufacturing · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sukup's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 Sukup?

Each dot is one of Sukup’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). Sukup’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sukup's grants concentrate

Sukup Manufacturing Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 39.1% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sukup sits between SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd. and Sierra Nevada Company, LLC.

Sukup's three-year grant acceleration

Sukup Manufacturing Co. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

SK Geo Centric

46
Smart Power

46
Srgi Holdings

46
SRI Sports

46
Sumitomo Electric…

46
Scientific Design

46
Secureworks

46
Sierra Nevada

46
Sukup Manufacturi… ◀

46

What this shows Sukup holds 46 patents at rank #7,193, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sukup

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,193 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sukup, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), Sukup ranks #104 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Acergy France SAS 50 Informatica LLC 50 Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. 50 Elevation Lab, Inc. 50

Sukup's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Sukup Manufacturing Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.3%
2016	2	4.3%
2017	5	10.9%
2018	1	2.2%
2019	7	15.2%
2020	5	10.9%
2021	7	15.2%
2022	3	6.5%
2023	5	10.9%
2024	5	10.9%
2025partial year	4	8.7%

Which technologies does Sukup Manufacturing Co. patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 18

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 14

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 12

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 6

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 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 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

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 2

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 39.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #7,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sukup Manufacturing Co. against SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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

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