Where does Shining Sea Trading Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shining Sea Trading Company ranks #25,211 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 Shining Sea Trading Company hold?

Shining Sea Trading Company holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Shining Sea Trading Company's Innovation Score?

Shining Sea Trading Company has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th 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 Shining Sea Trading Company focus on?

Shining Sea Trading Company's top technology area is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment) with 7 patents, ranking #53 of 709 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shining Sea Trading Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shining Sea Trading Company's recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Shining Sea Trading Company's patents?

Shining Sea Trading Company's patents average 16.1 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 Shining Sea Trading Company 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

Shining Sea Trading Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47G (Household OR Table Equipment).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shining ranks #25,211 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.

#25,211
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25211 · US Corporation #25,211 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,211/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Polytechnic
CPC-FOCUS A47G · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Polytechnic (±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 Shining’s 34.3 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 8.6 pts (25%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shining Sea Trading · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shining's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th 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 Shining?

Each dot is one of Shining’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). Shining’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shining's grants concentrate

Shining Sea Trading Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under A47G (Household OR Table Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shining sits between Shenzhen Polytechnic and Siesta Medical, Inc..

Shining's three-year grant acceleration

Shining Sea Trading Company shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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 Polytech…

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11

What this shows Shining holds 11 patents at rank #25,257, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shining

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,257 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47G (Household OR Table Equipment)

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

Shining's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shining Sea Trading Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	1	9.1%
2019	3	27.3%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Shining Sea Trading Company patent most?

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 7

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 4

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

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 1

A47H - Furnishings FOR Windows OR Doors 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Shining Sea Trading Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shining Sea Trading Company's lead technology class is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47G
Ranked #25,211 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shining Sea Trading Company against Shenzhen Polytechnic, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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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