Where does SureFire, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SureFire, LLC ranks #4,024 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 SureFire, LLC hold?

SureFire, LLC holds 90 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is SureFire, LLC's Innovation Score?

SureFire, LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SureFire, LLC focus on?

SureFire, LLC's top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 19 patents, ranking #262 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is SureFire, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SureFire, LLC's recent grant velocity is -87% 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 SureFire, LLC's patents?

SureFire, LLC's patents average 14.2 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 SureFire, 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

SureFire, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 90 granted patents across 36 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Surefire ranks #4,024 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 90 patents across 36 technology areas.

#4,024
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4024 · US Corporation #4,024 · 90 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 90 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,024/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pierburg Pump…
CPC-FOCUS H04M · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pierburg Pump Technology GMBH (±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 Surefire’s 48.0 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 15.6 pts (33%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 21.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Leica Instruments… · near

48
As0001 · near

48
Ethox Chemicals · near

48
SureFire · this assignee

48
Eads Deutschland · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Surefire's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 Surefire?

Each dot is one of Surefire’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). Surefire’s own 14.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Surefire's grants concentrate

SureFire, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 21.1% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Surefire sits between Pierburg Pump Technology GMBH and Vertiv Corporation.

Surefire's three-year grant acceleration

SureFire, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Pierburg Pump Tec…

90
Quanta Associates

90
Santen Pharmaceut…

90
Soletanche Freyss…

90
Toyota Motor Euro…

90
Tristar Products

90
Versata Developme…

90
Vertiv

90
Surefire ◀

90

What this shows SureFire holds 90 patents at rank #4,024, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SureFire

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SureFire, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04M (Telephonic Communication), SureFire ranks #262 of 2,488 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Ethox Chemicals, LLC 48 As0001, Inc. 48 Eads Deutschland GmbH 48 Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.2 here).

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 14.2 avg Universiteit Antwerpen 14.2 avg Pall Corporation 14.2 avg Gentex Corporation 14.2 avg

Surefire's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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SureFire, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	23.3%
2016	16	17.8%
2017	19	21.1%
2018	9	10.0%
2019	11	12.2%
2020	2	2.2%
2021	2	2.2%
2022	4	4.4%
2023	1	1.1%
2024	1	1.1%
2025partial year	4	4.4%

Which technologies does SureFire, LLC patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 19

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 17

H04B - Transmission 15

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 12

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 8

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 7

Top 15 of 36 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

SureFire, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SureFire, LLC's lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 21.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #4,024 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SureFire, LLC against Pierburg Pump Technology GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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

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