Where does Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. ranks #23,389 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. hold?

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (top 59% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s patents?

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s patents average 20.7 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 Shimano (singapore) PTE. 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

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. focus on?

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd.'s top technology area is B62M (RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 10 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: B62M (RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shimano ranks #23,389 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 10 technology areas.

#23,389
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 59%
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23389 · Foreign Corporation #23,389 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,389/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SHENZHEN WEITONGBO T…
CPC-FOCUS B62M · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Weitongbo 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shimano (singapore)… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Shimano's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (top 59% 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.

Where Shimano's grants concentrate

Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B62M (RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shimano sits between Shenzhen Weitongbo Technology Co., Ltd. and SIDE, Inc..

Shenzhen Weitongb…

12
Shenzhen Xinzengc…

12
Shenzhen Yichong…

12
Shihezi University

12
Shinda (Tangshan)…

12
Showa University

12
SI EN Technology…

12
SIDE

12
Shimano (Singapor… ◀

12

What this shows Shimano holds 12 patents at rank #23,352, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shimano

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,352 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR Sledges)

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

Shimano's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 Top 59% higher than 41% of 50,000 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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Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	16.7%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Shimano (singapore) PTE. Ltd. patent most?

B62M - RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES 8

B62K - CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE 4

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 3

B60B - VEHICLE WHEELS ; CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION 2

F16D - COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES 1

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 1

G05G - CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY 1

B62J - CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS 1

H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES 1

F16G - BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,389

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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