Where does SunStone Information Defense, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SunStone Information Defense, Inc. ranks #18,150 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 SunStone Information Defense, Inc. hold?

SunStone Information Defense, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SunStone Information Defense, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SunStone Information Defense, Inc. focus on?

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +60% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s patents?

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 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 SunStone Information Defense, 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

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 2 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunstone ranks #18,150 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 2 technology areas.

#18,150
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: +60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18150 · US Corporation #18,150 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,150/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spark Thermionics
CPC-NARROW G06F · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spark Thermionics, 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 Sunstone’s 39.3 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 9.8 pts (25%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 5.0 pts (13%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SunStone Information… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sunstone's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 Sunstone?

Each dot is one of Sunstone’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). Sunstone’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sunstone's grants concentrate

SunStone Information Defense, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sunstone sits between Spark Thermionics, Inc. and Syndicate Sales, Inc..

Sunstone's three-year grant acceleration

SunStone Information Defense, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Spark Thermionics

16
Sportsfield Intel…

16
St Louis Medical…

16
Starfire Industri…

16
Sundance Spas

16
Suzhou Miracpharm…

16
Synchron Australi…

16
Syndicate Sales

16
Sunstone Informat… ◀

16

What this shows SunStone holds 16 patents at rank #18,151, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SunStone

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,151 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Sunstone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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SunStone Information Defense, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does SunStone Information Defense, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

Top 2 of 2 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

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SunStone Information Defense, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #18,150 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SunStone Information Defense, Inc. against Spark Thermionics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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