Where does Shelby Group International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shelby Group International, Inc. ranks #18,095 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 Shelby Group International, Inc. hold?

Shelby Group International, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Shelby Group International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shelby Group International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.8 out of 100 (22nd 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 Shelby Group International, Inc. focus on?

Shelby Group International, Inc.'s top technology area is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories) with 10 patents, ranking #34 of 582 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shelby Group International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shelby Group International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% 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 Shelby Group International, Inc.'s patents?

Shelby Group International, Inc.'s patents average 11.4 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 Shelby Group International, 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

Shelby Group International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 1 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: A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shelby ranks #18,095 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 1 technology areas.

#18,095
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.8/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18095 · US Corporation #18,095 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,095/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Segan Industries
CPC-NARROW A41D · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Segan Industries, 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 Shelby’s 26.8 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 9.8 pts (37%) Velocity 6.7 pts (25%) Breadth 3.5 pts (13%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Shelby Group… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Shelby's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (22nd 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 Shelby?

Each dot is one of Shelby’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). Shelby’s own 11.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shelby's grants concentrate

Shelby Group International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Shelby sits between Segan Industries, Inc. and Shenzhen New Industries Biomedical Engineering Co., Ltd..

Shelby's three-year grant acceleration

Shelby Group International, Inc. shows 5 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.

Segan Industries

16
Sensity Systems

16
Sevcon

16
Shaoxing Yuanfang…

16
Shenzhen Amazwear…

16
Shenzhen Cuco Sma…

16
Shenzhen NED Opti…

16
Shenzhen New Indu…

16
Shelby Group Inte… ◀

16

What this shows Shelby holds 16 patents at rank #18,129, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shelby

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,129 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41D (Outerwear)

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

Shelby's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% 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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Shelby Group International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Shelby Group International, Inc. patent most?

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 10

Top 1 of 1 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

Shelby Group International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shelby Group International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A41D (OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41D
Ranked #18,095 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shelby Group International, Inc. against Segan Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.