Where does Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. ranks #25,133 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. hold?

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s patents average 11.1 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 Sanwa Techno 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

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. focus on?

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sanwa ranks #25,133 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 15 technology areas.

#25,133
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25133 · Foreign Corporation #25,133 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,133/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SAMSUNG C & T
CPC-FOCUS F16C · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsung C & T Corporation (±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
Sanwa Techno · this assignee

36
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Sanwa's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Sanwa's grants concentrate

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under F16C (SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sanwa sits between Samsung C & T Corporation and Sauder Woodworking Co..

Sanwa's three-year grant acceleration

Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. shows 3 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.

Samsung C & T

11
Samsung Heavy Ind…

11
SANA Health

11
Sanrio

11
SANY Heavy Indust…

11
Sasol WAX

11
SATO Pharmaceutic…

11
Sauder Woodworking

11
Sanwa Techno ◀

11

What this shows Sanwa holds 11 patents at rank #25,111, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sanwa

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,111 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16C (Shafts)

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

Sanwa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2017	1	9.1%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	3	27.3%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Sanwa Techno Co., Ltd. patent most?

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 4

B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 4

B65G - TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS 4

D03D - WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS 3

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY 3

F16J - PISTONS ; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS 3

D04B - KNITTING 2

D10B - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES 2

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 2

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 1

F16G - BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR 1

H02G - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES 1

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 1

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 1

F16H - GEARING 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,133

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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