Overall rank by patents
#21,745
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: F41A (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shadow ranks #21,745 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21745 · US Corporation #21,745 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sergeant's Pet Care Products, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Shadow Systems · this assignee
44 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shadow's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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.
Shadow Systems Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 61.5% of grants classified under F41A (FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Shadow sits between Sergeant's Pet Care Products, Llc and Shenzhen Baseus Technology Co., Ltd.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Sergeant's Pet Care Products, LLC
13 patents
Server Products, Inc.
13 patents
Service Ideas, Inc.
13 patents
Shadiant, LLC
13 patents
Shanghai Fochon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
13 patents
Shanghai National Engineering Research Center of Digital Television Co., Ltd.
13 patents
Shenzhen Anymore Technology Limited.
13 patents
Shenzhen Baseus Technology Co., Ltd
13 patents
Shadow Systems LLC
13 patents
What this shows Shadow holds 13 patents at rank #21,805, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,805 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shadow's primary technology class.
Shadow's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 5 | 38.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,745
of 50,000 tracked assignees
44.0 out of 100
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