Where does Shiroki Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shiroki Corporation ranks #2,414 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 Shiroki Corporation hold?

Shiroki Corporation holds 162 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Shiroki Corporation's Innovation Score?

Shiroki Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shiroki Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shiroki Corporation's recent grant velocity is -63% 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 Shiroki Corporation's patents?

Shiroki Corporation's patents average 6.7 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 Shiroki Corporation 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

Shiroki Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Shiroki Corporation focus on?

Shiroki Corporation's top technology area is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 95 patents. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 162 granted patents across 34 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shiroki ranks #2,414 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 162 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,414
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent: -63%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2414 · Foreign Corporation #2,414 · 162 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 162 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,414/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faurecia Interieur…
CPC-FOCUS B60N · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -63% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faurecia Interieur Industrie (±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
Brilliant Light Power · near

43
Prothena Biosciences · near

43
Sandoz · near

43
Shiroki · this assignee

43
Winview · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shiroki's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% 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 Shiroki's grants concentrate

Shiroki Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 58.6% of grants classified under B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Shiroki sits between Faurecia Interieur Industrie and AOl.

Shiroki's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shiroki Corporation moved from 59 to 9 grants (0.15x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,136. See the growth leaderboard.

Faurecia Interieu…

162
Firestone Industr…

162
Hayward Industries

162
Medipal Holdings

162
Spin Master

162
Sambanova Systems

162
Thomas & Betts In…

162
Shiroki ◀

162
Aol

161

What this shows Shiroki holds 162 patents at rank #2,413, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shiroki

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,413 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shiroki, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Sandoz AG 43 Winview, Inc. 43 Prothena Biosciences Limited 43 Brilliant Light Power, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.7 here).

Tadano Ltd. 6.7 avg Fiskars Brands, Inc. 6.7 avg Daimler Truck AG 6.7 avg Unger Marketing International, LLC 6.8 avg

Shiroki's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shiroki Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	17.9%
2016	25	15.4%
2017	20	12.3%
2018	20	12.3%
2019	24	14.8%
2020	15	9.3%
2021	20	12.3%
2022	7	4.3%
2023	2	1.2%

Which technologies does Shiroki Corporation patent most?

B60N - Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 95

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 40

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 26

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 25

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 15

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 8

F16H - Gearing 8

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 8

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 7

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 6

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

Top 15 of 34 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,414

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.3 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

Shiroki Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shiroki Corporation's lead technology class is B60N (Seats Specially Adapted FOR VEHICLES; Vehicle Passenger Accommodation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 58.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60N
Ranked #2,414 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shiroki Corporation against Faurecia Interieur Industrie, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 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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