Where does Suncast Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Suncast Technologies, LLC ranks #1,851 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 Suncast Technologies, LLC hold?

Suncast Technologies, LLC holds 218 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Suncast Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Suncast Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Suncast Technologies, LLC focus on?

Suncast Technologies, LLC's top technology area is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges) with 6 patents, ranking #50 of 410 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Suncast Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Suncast Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Suncast Technologies, LLC's patents?

Suncast Technologies, LLC's patents average 2.6 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 Suncast Technologies, 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

Suncast Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 218 granted patents across 25 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: B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Suncast ranks #1,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 218 patents across 25 technology areas.

#1,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 2.6
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1851 · US Corporation #1,851 · 218 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 218 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Chung Shan…
CPC-FOCUS B62B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology (±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 Suncast’s 44.7 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 18.6 pts (42%) Velocity 6.8 pts (15%) Breadth 17.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 1.6 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caterpillar Global… · near

45
Medibeacon · near

45
Suncast · this assignee

45
Sustainable Energy… · near

45
Yachiyo Industry · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Suncast's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Suncast?

Each dot is one of Suncast’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). Suncast’s own 2.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Suncast's grants concentrate

Suncast Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 2.8% of grants classified under B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (51 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2024. By volume, Suncast sits between National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology and Jabil Inc..

Suncast's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Suncast Technologies, LLC moved from 44 to 45 grants (1.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,122. See the growth leaderboard.

National Chung Sh…

218
NIO USA

218
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218
Steelseries Aps

218
Total Marketing S…

218
Unisys

218
Suncast ◀

218
Huf Hülsbeck & Fü…

217
Jabil

217

What this shows Suncast holds 218 patents at rank #1,851, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Suncast

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,851 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Suncast, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles), Suncast ranks #50 of 410 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd. 45 Medibeacon Inc. 45 Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH 45 Sustainable Energy Solutions, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.6 here).

Zhejiang Prulde Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. 2.6 avg E. Mishan & Sons, Inc. 2.6 avg Qingdao Ecopure Filter Co., Ltd. 2.6 avg AIR Cool Industrial Co., Ltd. 2.6 avg

Suncast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Suncast Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	51	23.4%
2016	12	5.5%
2017	34	15.6%
2018	22	10.1%
2019	15	6.9%
2020	11	5.0%
2021	18	8.3%
2022	25	11.5%
2023	12	5.5%
2024	8	3.7%
2025partial year	10	4.6%

Which technologies does Suncast Technologies, LLC patent most?

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 6

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

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 4

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 4

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 2

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

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 2

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 2

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Suncast Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Suncast Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is B62B (Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges), 2.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62B
Ranked #1,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Suncast Technologies, LLC against National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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