Where does Shield TX (UK) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shield TX (UK) Limited ranks #43,059 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 Shield TX (UK) Limited hold?

Shield TX (UK) Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Shield TX (UK) Limited's Innovation Score?

Shield TX (UK) Limited has an Innovation Score of 32.5 out of 100 (42nd 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 Shield TX (UK) Limited focus on?

Shield TX (UK) Limited's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 6 patents, ranking #2,984 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shield TX (UK) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shield TX (UK) Limited's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shield TX (UK) Limited's patents?

Shield TX (UK) Limited's patents average 21.2 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 Shield TX (UK) Limited 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 Government

Shield TX (UK) Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shield ranks #43,059 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,059
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.5/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43059 · Foreign Government #43,059 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,059/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Zhuoyu…
CPC-NARROW A61P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Zhuoyu Technology 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 Shield’s 32.5 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 4.4 pts (14%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shield TX (UK) · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shield's Innovation Score is 32.5/100 (42nd 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 Shield?

Each dot is one of Shield’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). Shield’s own 21.2 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.

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

Where Shield's grants concentrate

Shield TX (UK) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Shield sits between Shenzhen Zhuoyu Technology Co., Ltd. and Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd..

Shield's three-year grant acceleration

Shield TX (UK) Limited shows 2 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.

Shenzhen Zhuoyu T…

6
Shenzhen ZUN YI P…

6
Shenzhenshi Guang…

6
Shenzhenshi Yuzha…

6
Shifa Biomedical

6
Shikoku Kakoki

6
Shilat Optronics

6
Shinko Metal Prod…

6
Shield TX (UK) ◀

6

What this shows Shield holds 6 patents at rank #42,871, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shield

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,871 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Shield's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shield TX (UK) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Shield TX (UK) Limited patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Shield TX (UK) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shield TX (UK) Limited's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #43,059 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shield TX (UK) Limited against Shenzhen Zhuoyu Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.5/100 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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