Where does Superior Manufacturing LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Superior Manufacturing LLC ranks #37,745 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 Superior Manufacturing LLC hold?

Superior Manufacturing LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Superior Manufacturing LLC's Innovation Score?

Superior Manufacturing LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Superior Manufacturing LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Superior Manufacturing LLC's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Superior Manufacturing LLC's patents?

Superior Manufacturing LLC's patents average 26.1 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 Superior Manufacturing 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

Superior Manufacturing LLC

Q: What technology areas does Superior Manufacturing LLC focus on?

Superior Manufacturing LLC's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 7 patents, ranking #304 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Superior ranks #37,745 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#37,745
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 26.1
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37745 · US Corporation #37,745 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,745/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Summate
CPC-NARROW B65G · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Summate Technologies, 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 Superior’s 28.9 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (52%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Superior Manufacturing · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Superior's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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 Superior?

Each dot is one of Superior’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). Superior’s own 26.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Superior's grants concentrate

Superior Manufacturing LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Superior sits between Summate Technologies, Inc. and Supponor OY.

Superior's three-year grant acceleration

Superior Manufacturing LLC shows 1 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.

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What this shows Superior holds 7 patents at rank #37,740, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Superior

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,740 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Superior's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Superior Manufacturing LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%
2021	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Superior Manufacturing LLC patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

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 7

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

Superior Manufacturing LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Superior Manufacturing LLC's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #37,745 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Superior Manufacturing LLC against Summate Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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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