Where does Three Smith Group Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Three Smith Group Limited ranks #30,413 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 Three Smith Group Limited hold?

Three Smith Group Limited holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Three Smith Group Limited's Innovation Score?

Three Smith Group Limited has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Three Smith Group Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Three Smith Group Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Three Smith Group Limited's patents?

Three Smith Group Limited's patents average 8.2 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 Three Smith Group Limited 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

Three Smith Group Limited

Q: What technology areas does Three Smith Group Limited focus on?

Three Smith Group Limited's top technology area is E01F (Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like) with 4 patents, ranking #33 of 168 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: E01F (Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Three ranks #30,413 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 5 technology areas.

#30,413
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30413 · Foreign Corporation #30,413 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,413/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thiele & KG
CPC-NARROW E01F · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thiele GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Three’s 40.8 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 8.0 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mattur Holdings · near

41
Jiangsu Advanced… · near

41
Levitronix · near

41
SanDisk 3D · near

41
Three Smith Group · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Three's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Three?

Each dot is one of Three’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). Three’s own 8.2 claims/patent is at or below the 10.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Three's grants concentrate

Three Smith Group Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under E01F (Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Three sits between Thiele GMBH & Co. KG and Tinavi Medical Technologies Co., Ltd.

Three's three-year grant acceleration

Three Smith Group Limited shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Thiele & KG

9
Thinxtream PTE

9
Thorium Power

9
Thorne Intellectu…

9
Thuasne

9
Tianjin Asymchem…

9
Tianjin Tianchuan…

9
Tinavi Medical

9
Three Smith Group ◀

9

What this shows Three holds 9 patents at rank #30,334, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Three

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,334 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01F (Additional Work)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Three, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E01F (Additional Work), Three ranks #33 of 168 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Levitronix GmbH 41 Jiangsu Advanced Memory Technology Co., Ltd. 41 SanDisk 3D LLC 41 Mattur Holdings, Inc. 41

Three's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Three Smith Group Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	4	44.4%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Three Smith Group Limited patent most?

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 4

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Three Smith Group Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Three Smith Group Limited's lead technology class is E01F (Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01F
Ranked #30,413 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Three Smith Group Limited against Thiele GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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