Where does IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation ranks #47,600 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 IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation hold?

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's Innovation Score?

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation focus on?

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation'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 IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's patents?

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's patents average 8.8 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 IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation 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

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IHI ranks #47,600 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#47,600
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47600 · Foreign Corporation #47,600 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,600/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ifly Holdings
CPC-NARROW A01D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ifly Holdings, LLC (±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
IHI Shibaura Machinery · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IHI's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th 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 IHI's grants concentrate

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, IHI sits between Ifly Holdings, LLC and Il-yang Pharm. Co., Ltd.

Ifly Holdings

5
Ifom —Fondazione…

5
IGL Pharma

5
IHI Rotating Mach…

5
Iida

5
Iida Denki Kogyo

5
Ikoi S P A

5
Il-yang Pharm

5
IHI Shibaura Mach… ◀

5

What this shows IHI holds 5 patents at rank #47,598, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IHI

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,598 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

IHI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2017	3	60.0%

Which technologies does IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 3

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 2

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,600

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.1 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

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation's lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #47,600 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IHI Shibaura Machinery Corporation against Ifly Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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

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