Where does SHL Group AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SHL Group AB ranks #3,607 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 SHL Group AB hold?

SHL Group AB holds 102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is SHL Group AB's Innovation Score?

SHL Group AB has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SHL Group AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SHL Group AB's recent grant velocity is -97% 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 SHL Group AB's patents?

SHL Group AB's patents average 13.7 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 SHL Group AB 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

SHL Group AB

Q: What technology areas does SHL Group AB focus on?

SHL Group AB's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 90 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 102 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SHL ranks #3,607 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 102 patents across 7 technology areas.

#3,607
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3607 · Foreign Corporation #3,607 · 102 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 102 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,607/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ormco
CPC-NARROW A61M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ormco Corporation (±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
QBase · near

34
China Iwncomm · near

34
Lfoundry S R L · near

34
SHL Group AB · this assignee

34
St Jude Medical… · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SHL's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 SHL's grants concentrate

SHL Group AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, SHL sits between Ormco Corporation and Technische Universität Wien.

Ormco

102
Peking University…

102
Sagem Defense Sec…

102
Shanghai Cambrico…

102
Sumitomo Dainippo…

102
Super Micro Compu…

102
Tonal Systems

102
Technische Univer…

102
SHL Group AB ◀

102

What this shows SHL holds 102 patents at rank #3,607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SHL

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

China Iwncomm Co., Ltd. 34 Lfoundry S.R.L. 34 St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC 34 QBase, LLC 34

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

GE Healthcare Limited 13.7 avg Fasteners for Retail, Inc. 13.7 avg Embraer S.A. 13.7 avg Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg

SHL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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SHL Group AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	28.4%
2016	15	14.7%
2017	27	26.5%
2018	21	20.6%
2019	7	6.9%
2020	3	2.9%

Which technologies does SHL Group AB patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 90

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,607

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.6 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

SHL Group AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SHL Group AB's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #3,607 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SHL Group AB against Ormco Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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

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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