Where does Shapeways, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shapeways, Inc. ranks #27,362 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 Shapeways, Inc. hold?

Shapeways, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Shapeways, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shapeways, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Shapeways, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Shapeways, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 Shapeways, 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

Shapeways, Inc.

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

Shapeways, Inc.'s top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 10 patents, ranking #175 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shapeways ranks #27,362 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#27,362
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27362 · US Corporation #27,362 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,362/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai IceKredit
CPC-FOCUS B33Y · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai IceKredit, Inc. (±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 Shapeways’s 36.5 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 2.7 pts (7%) Breadth 12.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shapeways · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shapeways's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Shapeways?

Each dot is one of Shapeways’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). Shapeways’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shapeways's grants concentrate

Shapeways, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shapeways sits between Shanghai IceKredit, Inc. and Shenyang Xinchuang Business Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

Shapeways's three-year grant acceleration

Shapeways, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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 Icekredit

10
Shanghai Lepu Clo…

10
Shanq Dih

10
Shape Memory Medi…

10
Shazam Entertainm…

10
Sheetak

10
Shenb

10
Shenyang Xinchuan…

10
Shapeways ◀

10

What this shows Shapeways holds 10 patents at rank #27,446, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shapeways

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,446 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Shapeways's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Shapeways, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Shapeways, Inc. patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 10

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 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

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 3

G01G - Weighing 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 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

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

Shapeways, Inc.'s lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #27,362 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shapeways, Inc. against Shanghai IceKredit, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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.

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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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