Overall rank by patents
#9,375
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shimano ranks #9,375 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9375 · Foreign Corporation #9,375 · 34 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GMBH (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Bluefin Payment… · near
33 score
KCM · near
33 score
Cnex Labs · near
33 score
Shimano Components… · this assignee
33 score
POE Lang Enterprise · near
33 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shimano's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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.
Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 97.1% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Shimano sits between Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GMBH and Stego-holding GMBH.
Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Pampus GMBH
34 patents
Santa Clara University
34 patents
SDG, LLC
34 patents
Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.
34 patents
Smart N.V.
34 patents
Sophia & William Brands Co. Ltd
34 patents
Sophia School Corporation
34 patents
Stego-holding GMBH
34 patents
Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
34 patents
What this shows Shimano holds 34 patents at rank #9,366, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,366 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shimano's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shimano, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).
Shimano's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 2 | 5.9% |
| 2017 | 4 | 11.8% |
| 2018 | 3 | 8.8% |
| 2019 | 5 | 14.7% |
| 2020 | 9 | 26.5% |
| 2021 | 5 | 14.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 2.9% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,375
of 49,997 tracked assignees
33.3 out of 100
What to do with this data
Shimano Components (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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