Where does Shaper Tools, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shaper Tools, Inc. ranks #20,403 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 Shaper Tools, Inc. hold?

Shaper Tools, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Shaper Tools, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shaper Tools, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Shaper Tools, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Shaper Tools, Inc.'s patents average 24.7 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 Shaper Tools, 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

Shaper Tools, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Shaper Tools, Inc. focus on?

Shaper Tools, Inc.'s top technology area is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements) with 13 patents, ranking #358 of 3,455 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shaper ranks #20,403 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 11 technology areas.

#20,403
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 24.7
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20403 · US Corporation #20,403 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,403/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Huali…
CPC-FOCUS G05B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Mfg. 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.

How Shaper’s 51.5 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 (18%) Velocity 15.6 pts (30%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 14.8 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GN Audio A/S · near

51
Novozymes · near

51
Precision Combustion · near

51
Shaper Tools · this assignee

51
Sumitomo Electric… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shaper's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Shaper?

Each dot is one of Shaper’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). Shaper’s own 24.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shaper's grants concentrate

Shaper Tools, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Shaper sits between Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Pu Ying Innovation Technology Corp., Ltd..

Shaper's three-year grant acceleration

Shaper Tools, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Shanghai Huali In…

14
Shanghai Institut…

14
Shanghai Pharmace…

14
Shantou Chenghai…

14
Sharecare AI

14
Shared Spectrum

14
Shenzhen Colorii…

14
Shenzhen Pu Ying…

14
Shaper Tools ◀

14

What this shows Shaper holds 14 patents at rank #20,439, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shaper

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,439 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shaper, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN General), Shaper ranks #358 of 3,455 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Precision Combustion, Inc. 51 GN Audio A/S 51 Novozymes, Inc. 51 Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc. 51

Shaper's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shaper Tools, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	21.4%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	2	14.3%
2022	3	21.4%
2023	3	21.4%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Shaper Tools, Inc. patent most?

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 13

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 12

B23B - TURNING; Boring 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 2

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B27C - Planing, Drilling, Milling, Turning OR Universal Machines FOR Wood OR Similar Material 1

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Shaper Tools, Inc.'s lead technology class is G05B (Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05B
Ranked #20,403 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shaper Tools, Inc. against Shanghai Huali Integrated Circuit Mfg. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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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