Where does Sheltered Wings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sheltered Wings, Inc. ranks #4,396 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 Sheltered Wings, Inc. hold?

Sheltered Wings, Inc. holds 81 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Sheltered Wings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sheltered Wings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sheltered Wings, Inc. focus on?

Sheltered Wings, Inc.'s top technology area is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming) with 64 patents, ranking #3 of 307 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sheltered Wings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Sheltered Wings, Inc.'s patents average 13.3 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 Sheltered Wings, 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

Sheltered Wings, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 14 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: F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sheltered ranks #4,396 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,396
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4396 · US Corporation #4,396 · 81 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,396/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rex Medical
CPC-FOCUS F41G · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rex Medical, L.P. (±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 Sheltered’s 45.1 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 15.2 pts (34%) Velocity 8.6 pts (19%) Breadth 13.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Franz Haimer… · near

45
KPR U S · near

45
Ngee ANN Polytechnic · near

45
Peptron · near

45
Sheltered Wings · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sheltered's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Sheltered?

Each dot is one of Sheltered’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). Sheltered’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sheltered's grants concentrate

Sheltered Wings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 79% of grants classified under F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Sheltered sits between Rex Medical, L.P. and The Esab Group, Inc..

Sheltered's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sheltered Wings, Inc. moved from 27 to 35 grants (1.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Rex Medical

81
Shinshu University

81
Seattle Children'…

81
Sercomm

81
Surpass Industry

81
THE Watt Stopper

81
Tahoe Research

81
The Esab Group

81
Sheltered Wings ◀

81

What this shows Sheltered holds 81 patents at rank #4,396, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sheltered

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,396 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41G (Weapon Sights)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sheltered, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F41G (Weapon Sights), Sheltered ranks #3 of 307 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

KPR U.S., LLC 45 Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG 45 Ngee ANN Polytechnic 45 Peptron, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

United Arab Emirates University 13.3 avg Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg Ceramtec GMBH 13.3 avg Corn Products Development, Inc. 13.3 avg

Sheltered's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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Sheltered Wings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.5%
2016	2	2.5%
2017	3	3.7%
2018	3	3.7%
2019	8	9.9%
2020	9	11.1%
2021	10	12.3%
2022	6	7.4%
2023	12	14.8%
2024	17	21.0%
2025partial year	9	11.1%

Which technologies does Sheltered Wings, Inc. patent most?

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 64

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 49

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 12

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Sheltered Wings, Inc.'s lead technology class is F41G (Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming), 79% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41G
Ranked #4,396 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sheltered Wings, Inc. against Rex Medical, L.P., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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