Where does Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation ranks #37,753 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 Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation hold?

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's Innovation Score?

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's patents?

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's patents average 8.7 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 Sure-Fire Electrical 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

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation focus on?

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 5 patents, ranking #558 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sure-fire ranks #37,753 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#37,753
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37753 · Foreign Corporation #37,753 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,753/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Supply Point Systems
CPC-NARROW H01R · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Supply Point Systems Limited (±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 Sure-fire’s 21.8 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 7.2 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Sure-Fire Electrical · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Sure-fire's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 Sure-fire?

Each dot is one of Sure-fire’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). Sure-fire’s own 8.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sure-fire's grants concentrate

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sure-fire sits between Supply Point Systems Limited and Sutter Bay Hospitals.

Supply Point Syst…

7
Supponor OY

7
Support Intellige…

7
Supportlogic

7
Sureview Systems

7
Surgere

7
Surround Medical…

7
Sutter Bay Hospit…

7
Sure-fire Electri… ◀

7

What this shows Sure-Fire holds 7 patents at rank #37,747, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sure-Fire

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,747 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sure-Fire's primary technology class.

Sure-fire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2019	4	57.1%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #37,753 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sure-Fire Electrical Corporation against Supply Point Systems Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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

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