Where does The SkyLife Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The SkyLife Company, Inc. ranks #30,397 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 The SkyLife Company, Inc. hold?

The SkyLife Company, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The SkyLife Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.8 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s patents?

The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 The SkyLife Company, 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

The SkyLife Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The SkyLife Company, Inc. focus on?

The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s top technology area is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #30,397 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#30,397
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30397 · US Corporation #30,397 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,397/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Neat
CPC-NARROW B64D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Neat Company, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allplants Holding B V · near

24
Golden Valley Holdings · near

24
The SkyLife · this assignee

24
Contractors &… · near

24
Nisshin Foods · near

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 23.8/100 (13th 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The SkyLife Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between The Neat Company, Inc. and Theralase Technologies Inc..

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9
The Privacy Factor

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The Research Foun…

9
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The Tin Box of Am…

9
The University of…

9
Theralase

9
The Skylife ◀

9

What this shows The holds 9 patents at rank #30,401, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,401 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO Aircraft)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (24 here).

Golden Valley Holdings Limited 24 Allplants Holding B.V. 24 Contractors & Industrial Supply Company, Inc. 24 Nisshin Foods Inc. 24

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The SkyLife Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	1	11.1%
2018	4	44.4%
2020	2	22.2%

Which technologies does The SkyLife Company, Inc. patent most?

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 9

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

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 3

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,397

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The SkyLife Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is B64D (Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64D
Ranked #30,397 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The SkyLife Company, Inc. against The Neat Company, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.8/100 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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