Where does Sutherland Global Services Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sutherland Global Services Inc. ranks #27,537 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 Sutherland Global Services Inc. hold?

Sutherland Global Services Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sutherland Global Services Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sutherland Global Services Inc. focus on?

Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 8 patents, ranking #4,318 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s patents?

Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s patents average 31.6 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 Sutherland Global Services Inc. 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

Sutherland Global Services Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sutherland ranks #27,537 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,537
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 31.6
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27537 · US Corporation #27,537 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,537/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sun Coast Merchandise
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 31.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sun Coast Merchandise Corp. (±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 Sutherland’s 44.4 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 8.3 pts (19%) Velocity 11.1 pts (25%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Sutherland's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 Sutherland?

Each dot is one of Sutherland’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). Sutherland’s own 31.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sutherland's grants concentrate

Sutherland Global Services Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sutherland sits between SuVolta, Inc. and Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V..

Sutherland's three-year grant acceleration

Sutherland Global Services Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 Sutherland holds 10 patents at rank #27,538, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sutherland

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Sutherland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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Sutherland Global Services Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Sutherland Global Services Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

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 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sutherland Global Services Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #27,537 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sutherland Global Services Inc. against SuVolta, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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