Where does Schaft Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schaft Inc. ranks #20,371 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 Schaft Inc. hold?

Schaft Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Schaft Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Schaft Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.2 out of 100 (47th 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 Schaft Inc. focus on?

Schaft Inc.'s top technology area is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers) with 6 patents, ranking #344 of 1,368 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

Schaft Inc.'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 Schaft Inc.'s patents?

Schaft Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 Schaft 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 Foreign Corporation

Schaft Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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: B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schaft ranks #20,371 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 16 technology areas.

#20,371
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.2/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20371 · Foreign Corporation #20,371 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,371/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sami-Sabinsa Group
CPC-FOCUS B62D · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sami-Sabinsa Group 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.

How Schaft’s 34.2 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 9.4 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schaft · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schaft's Innovation Score is 34.2/100 (47th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Schaft?

Each dot is one of Schaft’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). Schaft’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schaft's grants concentrate

Schaft Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schaft sits between Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited and Schwartz GmbH.

Sami-sabinsa Group

14
Samsung E&A

14
Saurer Intelligen…

14
Scambia Holdings…

14
Schaublin

14
Schneider Electri…

14
School Azabu Vete…

14
Schwartz

14
Schaft ◀

14

What this shows Schaft holds 14 patents at rank #20,422, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schaft

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,422 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62D (Motor Vehicles)

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

Schaft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

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

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Schaft Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	7	50.0%
2019	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Schaft Inc. patent most?

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 6

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

F16H - Gearing 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

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

Top 15 of 16 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

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

Schaft Inc.'s lead technology class is B62D (Motor VEHICLES; Trailers), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62D
Ranked #20,371 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schaft Inc. against Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.2/100 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.