Where does Shape Security, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shape Security, Inc. ranks #3,291 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 Shape Security, Inc. hold?

Shape Security, Inc. holds 114 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Shape Security, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shape Security, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shape Security, Inc. focus on?

Shape Security, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 102 patents, ranking #376 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Shape Security, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -36% 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 Shape Security, Inc.'s patents?

Shape Security, Inc.'s patents average 21.8 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 Shape Security, 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

Shape Security, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 114 granted patents across 6 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shape ranks #3,291 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 114 patents across 6 technology areas.

#3,291
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3291 · US Corporation #3,291 · 114 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 114 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,291/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nouryon Chemicals…
CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. (±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 Shape’s 41.9 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 16.4 pts (39%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elite Material · near

42
Life Spine · near

42
Shape Security · this assignee

42
Skyhook Wireless · near

42
WWW TRUSTSCIENCE COM · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shape's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Shape?

Each dot is one of Shape’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). Shape’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shape's grants concentrate

Shape Security, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 89.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (17 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2022. By volume, Shape sits between Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. and Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH.

Shape's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shape Security, Inc. moved from 37 to 21 grants (0.57x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,532. See the growth leaderboard.

Nouryon Chemicals…

114
Osterhout Group

114
Robotis

114
Sanyo Denki

114
Utah State Univer…

114
Unity SF

114
Versalis S P A

114
Weidmüller Interf…

114
Shape Security ◀

114

What this shows Shape holds 114 patents at rank #3,291, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shape

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,291 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shape, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Shape ranks #376 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Life Spine, Inc. 42 Skyhook Wireless, Inc. 42 Elite Material Co., Ltd. 42 WWW.TRUSTSCIENCE.COM Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.8 here).

Astex Therapeutics Limited 21.8 avg Qualcomm Technologies Inc. 21.8 avg Dexterity, Inc. 21.8 avg Invuity, Inc. 21.8 avg

Shape's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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Shape Security, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	10.5%
2016	17	14.9%
2017	17	14.9%
2018	9	7.9%
2019	14	12.3%
2020	14	12.3%
2021	9	7.9%
2022	6	5.3%
2023	8	7.0%
2024	7	6.1%
2025partial year	1	0.9%

Which technologies does Shape Security, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 102

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 90

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

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 5

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 3

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Shape Security, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 89.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #3,291 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shape Security, Inc. against Nouryon Chemicals International B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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