Where does Shachihata Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shachihata Inc. ranks #12,212 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 Shachihata Inc. hold?

Shachihata Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Shachihata Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shachihata Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th 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 Shachihata Inc. focus on?

Shachihata Inc.'s top technology area is B41K (STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices) with 11 patents, ranking #3 of 24 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Shachihata Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -59% 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 Shachihata Inc.'s patents?

Shachihata Inc.'s patents average 4.8 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 Shachihata 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

Shachihata Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B41K (STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shachihata ranks #12,212 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 12 technology areas.

#12,212
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: -59%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12212 · Foreign Corporation #12,212 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,212/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sabert
CPC-FOCUS B41K · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -59% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sabert 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.

How Shachihata’s 28.3 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 11.3 pts (40%) Velocity 1.9 pts (7%) Breadth 12.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BEE Vectoring… · near

28
Mercene Labs AB · near

28
Operation and Data… · near

28
Shachihata · this assignee

28
TD Tools · near

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shachihata's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Shachihata?

Each dot is one of Shachihata’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). Shachihata’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shachihata's grants concentrate

Shachihata Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 44% of grants classified under B41K (STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Shachihata sits between Sabert Corporation and ShockWatch, Inc..

Shachihata's three-year grant acceleration

Shachihata Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Sabert

25
Saitama Medical U…

25
Schleifring

25
Seerstone

25
Shanghai Biren Te…

25
Shieldx Networks

25
Shin Nippon Biome…

25
Shockwatch

25
Shachihata ◀

25

What this shows Shachihata holds 25 patents at rank #12,236, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shachihata

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,236 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41K (Stamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shachihata, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B41K (Stamps), Shachihata ranks #3 of 24 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (28 here).

BEE Vectoring Technology Inc. 28 TD Tools, Inc. 28 Operation and Data Integrity, Ltd. 28 Mercene Labs AB 28

Shachihata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Shachihata Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.0%
2016	3	12.0%
2017	5	20.0%
2018	4	16.0%
2019	2	8.0%
2020	5	20.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2024	1	4.0%
2025partial year	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Shachihata Inc. patent most?

B41K - STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices 11

B41D - Apparatus FOR THE Mechanical Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces FOR Stereotype PRINTING; Shaping Elastic OR Deformable Material TO Form Printing Surfaces 6

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 5

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 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

Shachihata Inc.'s lead technology class is B41K (STAMPS; Stamping OR Numbering Apparatus OR Devices), 44% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41K
Ranked #12,212 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shachihata Inc. against Sabert Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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.