Where does Shazam Investments Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shazam Investments Ltd. ranks #25,178 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 Shazam Investments Ltd. hold?

Shazam Investments Ltd. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Shazam Investments Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shazam Investments Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (45th 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 Shazam Investments Ltd. focus on?

Shazam Investments Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 7 patents, ranking #4,773 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shazam Investments Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shazam Investments Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Shazam Investments Ltd.'s patents?

Shazam Investments Ltd.'s patents average 23.4 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 Shazam Investments Ltd. 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

Shazam Investments Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shazam ranks #25,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 10 technology areas.

#25,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25178 · Foreign Corporation #25,178 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Yingli…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical 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 Shazam’s 33.8 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (33%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hitachi Aloka Medical · near

34
Shazam Investments · this assignee

34
Unity Biotechnology · near

34
Woodward L'Orange · near

34
Amorphyx Incorporated · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shazam's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (45th 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 Shazam?

Each dot is one of Shazam’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). Shazam’s own 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shazam's grants concentrate

Shazam Investments Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Shazam sits between Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Divoom Technology Co., Ltd..

Shanghai Yingli P…

11
Shanghai Zhenhua…

11
Shared Space Stud…

11
Sharp Semiconduct…

11
Shenzhen Apeman I…

11
Shenzhen Bikun Te…

11
Shenzhen Deren

11
Shenzhen Divoom T…

11
Shazam Investments ◀

11

What this shows Shazam holds 11 patents at rank #25,243, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shazam

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,243 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shazam, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Shazam ranks #4,773 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Woodward L'Orange GmbH 34 Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd. 34 Unity Biotechnology, Inc. 34 Amorphyx, Incorporated 34

Shazam's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Shazam Investments Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	27.3%
2016	3	27.3%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	2	18.2%
2019	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Shazam Investments Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

H04H - Broadcast Communication 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04B - Transmission 2

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 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

Top 10 of 10 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

Shazam Investments Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shazam Investments Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #25,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shazam Investments Ltd. against Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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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