Where does Sunday Afternoons, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sunday Afternoons, Inc. ranks #12,244 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 Sunday Afternoons, Inc. hold?

Sunday Afternoons, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sunday Afternoons, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sunday Afternoons, Inc. focus on?

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 12 patents, ranking #21 of 278 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s patents?

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s patents average 7.8 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 Sunday Afternoons, 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

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunday ranks #12,244 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 3 technology areas.

#12,244
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12244 · US Corporation #12,244 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,244/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ssab Technology AB
CPC-NARROW A42B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ssab Technology 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.

How Sunday’s 28.8 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 11.3 pts (39%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
New Audio · near

29
Panaya · near

29
Nitero PTY · near

29
Sentinel Oncology · near

29
Sunday Afternoons · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sunday's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Sunday?

Each dot is one of Sunday’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). Sunday’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 10.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sunday's grants concentrate

Sunday Afternoons, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 48% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sunday sits between Ssab Technology AB and Switch Materials, Inc..

Sunday's three-year grant acceleration

Sunday Afternoons, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Ssab Technology AB

25
Stella Chemifa

25
Storart Technology

25
Stratosaudio

25
Suspa

25
Suzhou Oriental S…

25
Swep Internationa…

25
Switch Materials

25
Sunday Afternoons ◀

25

What this shows Sunday holds 25 patents at rank #12,227, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sunday

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,227 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sunday, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A42B (HATS), Sunday ranks #21 of 278 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Nitero PTY Ltd 29 Sentinel Oncology Limited 29 Panaya Ltd. 29 New Audio LLC 29

Sunday's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sunday Afternoons, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	3	12.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	2	8.0%
2021	2	8.0%
2022	2	8.0%
2023	3	12.0%
2024	2	8.0%
2025partial year	3	12.0%

Which technologies does Sunday Afternoons, Inc. patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 12

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

A42C - Manufacturing OR Trimming Head Coverings, e.g. Hats 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sunday Afternoons, Inc.'s lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 48% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #12,244 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sunday Afternoons, Inc. against Ssab Technology AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.