Where does Summit ESP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Summit ESP, LLC ranks #11,454 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 Summit ESP, LLC hold?

Summit ESP, LLC holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Summit ESP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Summit ESP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Summit ESP, LLC focus on?

Summit ESP, LLC's top technology area is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps) with 19 patents, ranking #113 of 1,034 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Summit ESP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Summit ESP, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Summit ESP, LLC's patents?

Summit ESP, LLC'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 Summit ESP, LLC 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

Summit ESP, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Summit ranks #11,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11454 · US Corporation #11,454 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saban Ventures PTY
CPC-FOCUS F04D · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saban Ventures PTY Limited (±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 Summit’s 36.5 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 11.5 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Charm Sciences · near

36
Devialet · near

36
FotoNation Cayman · near

36
Parfums Christian Dior · near

36
Summit ESP · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Summit's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Summit?

Each dot is one of Summit’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). Summit’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Summit's grants concentrate

Summit ESP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 70.4% of grants classified under F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2016. By volume, Summit sits between Source Global, PBC and Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna.

Source Global PBC

27
Stat Medical Devi…

27
Stichting Energie…

27
Sugarfina

27
Saban Ventures PTY

27
Sarong Societa' P…

27
Savage Arms

27
Scuola Superiore…

27
Summit ESP ◀

27

What this shows Summit holds 27 patents at rank #11,434, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Summit

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,434 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Summit, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), Summit ranks #113 of 1,034 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Charm Sciences, Inc. 36 Parfums Christian Dior 36 FotoNation Cayman Limited 36 Devialet 36

Summit's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Summit ESP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	22.2%
2016	4	14.8%
2017	8	29.6%
2018	9	33.3%

Which technologies does Summit ESP, LLC patent most?

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 19

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Summit ESP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Summit ESP, LLC's lead technology class is F04D (Non-positive-displacement Pumps), 70.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04D
Ranked #11,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Summit ESP, LLC against Source Global, PBC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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