Where does DER Sheng Co., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DER Sheng Co., Ltd ranks #34,993 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 DER Sheng Co., Ltd hold?

DER Sheng Co., Ltd holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is DER Sheng Co., Ltd's Innovation Score?

DER Sheng Co., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 14.1 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DER Sheng Co., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DER Sheng Co., Ltd's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 DER Sheng Co., Ltd's patents?

DER Sheng Co., Ltd's patents average 3.1 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 DER Sheng Co., Ltd 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

DER Sheng Co., Ltd

Q: What technology areas does DER Sheng Co., Ltd focus on?

DER Sheng Co., Ltd's top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DER ranks #34,993 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 2 technology areas.

#34,993
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (14.1/100): 3.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34993 · Foreign Corporation #34,993 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,993/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Denki Kogyo
CPC-NARROW B60B · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 14.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Denki Kogyo Company, Limited (±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
DER Sheng · this assignee

14
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DER's Innovation Score is 14.1/100 (3rd 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 DER's grants concentrate

DER Sheng Co., Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, DER sits between Denki Kogyo Company, Limited and Dhpc Technologies, Inc..

Denki Kogyo

7
Dental Components

7
Dentca

7
Dentsply Implants

7
Designer Brass

7
Designing Solutio…

7
DHG

7
Dhpc

7
DER Sheng ◀

7

What this shows DER holds 7 patents at rank #34,953, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DER

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,953 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

DER's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

14 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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DER Sheng Co., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	85.7%
2019	1	14.3%

Which technologies does DER Sheng Co., Ltd patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#34,993

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

14.1 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

DER Sheng Co., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DER Sheng Co., Ltd's lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #34,993 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DER Sheng Co., Ltd against Denki Kogyo Company, Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 14.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.