Where does Saucony, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saucony, Inc. ranks #3,942 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 Saucony, Inc. hold?

Saucony, Inc. holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Saucony, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Saucony, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.9 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saucony, Inc. focus on?

Saucony, Inc.'s top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saucony, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saucony, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +514% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Saucony, Inc.'s patents?

Saucony, Inc.'s patents average 2.1 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 Saucony, 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

Saucony, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saucony ranks #3,942 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 8 technology areas.

#3,942
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (44.9/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent: +514%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3942 · US Corporation #3,942 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,942/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Puzhen Life
CPC-NARROW A43B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +514% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Puzhen Life Co., Ltd. (±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
Causam Energy · near

45
Daikin Europe · near

45
Dassault Systemes… · near

45
Saucony · this assignee

45
Shanghai Hongyan… · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saucony's Innovation Score is 44.9/100 (top 24% 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 Saucony's grants concentrate

Saucony, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 5.4% of grants classified under A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Saucony sits between Puzhen Life Co., Ltd. and Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd..

Saucony's three-year grant acceleration

Saucony, Inc. shows 35 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Puzhen Life

92
Qlogic

92
Safran Landing Sy…

92
Saint-gobain Cent…

92
Schreder

92
Shanghai Yanfeng…

92
Shin-etsu Polymer

92
Tsann Kuen (Zhang…

92
Saucony ◀

92

What this shows Saucony holds 92 patents at rank #3,942, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saucony

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,942 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Causam Energy, Inc. 45 Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation 45 Daikin Europe N.V. 45 Shanghai Hongyan Returnable Transit Packagings Co., Ltd. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.1 here).

Woojin Plastic Co., Ltd. 2.1 avg Babyliss Faco SRL 2.1 avg Converse Inc. 2.1 avg Shenzhen Eigate Technology Co., Ltd. 2.1 avg

Saucony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Saucony, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.1%
2018	1	1.1%
2019	5	5.4%
2020	3	3.3%
2021	5	5.4%
2022	6	6.5%
2023	7	7.6%
2024	22	23.9%
2025partial year	42	45.7%

Which technologies does Saucony, Inc. patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 5

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 1

A43C - Fastenings OR Attachments OF FOOTWEAR; Laces IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,942

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.9 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

Saucony, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saucony, Inc.'s lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 5.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #3,942 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saucony, Inc. against Puzhen Life Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.9/100 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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