Where does SURF Technology AS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SURF Technology AS ranks #23,481 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does SURF Technology AS hold?

SURF Technology AS holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is SURF Technology AS's Innovation Score?

SURF Technology AS has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SURF Technology AS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SURF Technology AS's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SURF Technology AS's patents?

SURF Technology AS's patents average 26.6 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 SURF Technology AS 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

SURF Technology AS

Q: What technology areas does SURF Technology AS focus on?

SURF Technology AS's top technology area is G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRA).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SURF ranks #23,481 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,481
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 26.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23481 · Foreign Corporation #23,481 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,481/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH STRAIT ACCESS HOLDIN…
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Strait Access Technologies Holdings (pty) Ltd (±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
SURF Technology AS · this assignee

43
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows SURF's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 SURF's grants concentrate

SURF Technology AS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G01S (RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRA). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, SURF sits between Strait Access Technologies Holdings (pty) Ltd and Suzhou Radiant Photovoltaic Technology Co., Ltd..

Strait Access Hol…

12
Strattec Power Ac…

12
Sturm Maschinen-…

12
Sunlight Aerospace

12
Surgical Innovati…

12
Suzhou Cleva Elec…

12
Suzhou Microport…

12
Suzhou Radiant Ph…

12
SURF Technology AS ◀

12

What this shows SURF holds 12 patents at rank #23,402, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SURF

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,402 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

SURF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SURF Technology AS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	1	8.3%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	2	16.7%
2023	2	16.7%
2024	1	8.3%

Which technologies does SURF Technology AS patent most?

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 8

G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 3

B06B - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 3

G01H - MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES 2

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 2

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 1

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 1

B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR ; MOULDS, ; REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS 1

H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS 1

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,481

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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