Where does Suominen Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Suominen Corporation ranks #11,456 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 Suominen Corporation hold?

Suominen Corporation holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Suominen Corporation's Innovation Score?

Suominen Corporation has an Innovation Score of 28.0 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Suominen Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Suominen Corporation's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Suominen Corporation's patents?

Suominen Corporation's patents average 3.6 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 Suominen Corporation 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 Foreign Corporation

Suominen Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Suominen Corporation focus on?

Suominen Corporation's top technology area is D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Suominen ranks #11,456 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,456
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.0/100): 3.6
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11456 · Foreign Corporation #11,456 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,456/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sparq Systems
CPC-FOCUS D04H · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sparq Systems 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Suominen · this assignee

28
Tmaxsoft · near

28
Betterlife Pharma US · near

28
Heizer Defense · near

28
Isotropic Systems · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Suominen's Innovation Score is 28.0/100 (26th 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.

Where Suominen's grants concentrate

Suominen Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 18.5% of grants classified under D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Suominen sits between Sparq Systems Inc. and TEFAL.

Suominen's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Suominen Corporation moved from 22 to 2 grants (0.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sparq Systems

27
Stahls'

27
Star Luminal

27
Sunedison

27
Swiss Timing

27
TCO Group AS

27
Techno-umg

27
Tefal

27
Suominen ◀

27

What this shows Suominen holds 27 patents at rank #11,453, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Suominen

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,453 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D04H (Making Textile Fabrics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Suominen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

Tmaxsoft Co., Ltd. 28 Heizer Defense, LLC 28 Betterlife Pharma US Inc. 28 Isotropic Systems Ltd. 28

Suominen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Suominen Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.7%
2016	2	7.4%
2019	22	81.5%
2024	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Suominen Corporation patent most?

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 2

D21G - CALENDERS; Accessories FOR Paper-making Machines 1

D21F - Paper-making MACHINES; Methods OF Producing Paper Thereon 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

D06J - Pleating, Kilting OR Goffering Textile Fabrics OR Wearing Apparel 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,456

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Suominen Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Suominen Corporation's lead technology class is D04H (Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple FI), 18.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D04H
Ranked #11,456 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Suominen Corporation against Sparq Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.0/100 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.