Where does Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. ranks #43,065 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 Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. hold?

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 25.5 out of 100 (17th 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 Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. focus on?

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C22C (Alloys) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.8 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 Shinko Metal Products Co., 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

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: C22C (Alloys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shinko ranks #43,065 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 12 technology areas.

#43,065
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.5/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43065 · Foreign Corporation #43,065 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,065/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shield TX (UK)
CPC-FOCUS C22C · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shield TX (UK) Limited (±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
Shinko Metal Products · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shinko's Innovation Score is 25.5/100 (17th 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.

Where Shinko's grants concentrate

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C22C (Alloys). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Shinko sits between Shield TX (UK) Limited and Shizuoka Prefectural University Corporation.

Shield TX (UK)

6
Shifa Biomedical

6
Shikoku Kakoki

6
Shilat Optronics

6
Shinkyung

6
Shinwa Syoji

6
Shiraishi Central…

6
Shizuoka Prefectu…

6
Shinko Metal Prod… ◀

6

What this shows Shinko holds 6 patents at rank #42,875, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shinko

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,875 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22C (Alloys)

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

Shinko's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	33.3%
2017	3	50.0%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. patent most?

C22C - Alloys 6

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 5

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 3

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,065

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C22C (Alloys), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22C
Ranked #43,065 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shinko Metal Products Co., Ltd. against Shield TX (UK) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.5/100 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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