Where does Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. ranks #6,707 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 Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. hold?

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +218% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.1 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 Shinwa Controls 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

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. focus on?

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 22 patents, ranking #52 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shinwa ranks #6,707 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 37 technology areas.

#6,707
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: +218%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6707 · Foreign Corporation #6,707 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,707/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sanoh Industrial
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +218% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sanoh Industrial 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 Shinwa’s 42.6 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 13.6 pts (32%) Velocity 3.2 pts (8%) Breadth 21.5 pts (50%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
France Reducteurs · near

43
Interactions · near

43
Polares Medical · near

43
Shinwa Controls · this assignee

43
Tekni-Plex · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shinwa's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 Shinwa?

Each dot is one of Shinwa’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). Shinwa’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 11.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shinwa's grants concentrate

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 44% of grants classified under F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shinwa sits between Swedish Match North Europe AB and Superior Communications, Inc..

Shinwa's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. moved from 29 to 14 grants (0.48x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Swedish Match Nor…

50
Sanoh Industrial

50
Shape

50
Shenzhen Guangyip…

50
Sirrus

50
Snaprays

50
Snowie

50
Superior Communic…

50
Shinwa Controls ◀

50

What this shows Shinwa holds 50 patents at rank #6,709, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shinwa

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,709 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shinwa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Shinwa ranks #52 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Interactions LLC 43 Polares Medical Inc. 43 France Reducteurs 43 Tekni-Plex, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.1 here).

Lumson S.p.A. 7.1 avg The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 7.1 avg Koganei Corporation 7.1 avg Digilock Asia Ltd 7.1 avg

Shinwa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.0%
2017	2	4.0%
2019	8	16.0%
2020	8	16.0%
2021	13	26.0%
2022	10	20.0%
2023	3	6.0%
2024	1	2.0%
2025partial year	4	8.0%

Which technologies does Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 22

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 12

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Top 15 of 37 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

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 44% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #6,707 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. against Swedish Match North Europe AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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

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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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