Where does Shooting Simulator, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shooting Simulator, LLC ranks #37,524 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 Shooting Simulator, LLC hold?

Shooting Simulator, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Shooting Simulator, LLC's Innovation Score?

Shooting Simulator, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shooting Simulator, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shooting Simulator, LLC's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Shooting Simulator, LLC's patents?

Shooting Simulator, LLC's patents average 26.7 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 Shooting Simulator, LLC 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

Shooting Simulator, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Shooting Simulator, LLC focus on?

Shooting Simulator, LLC's top technology area is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance) with 7 patents, ranking #88 of 374 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shooting ranks #37,524 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#37,524
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 26.7
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37524 · US Corporation #37,524 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,524/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shield
CPC-NARROW F41A · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shield Corporation 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.

How Shooting’s 31.5 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 7.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shooting Simulator · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shooting's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (38th 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 Shooting?

Each dot is one of Shooting’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). Shooting’s own 26.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shooting's grants concentrate

Shooting Simulator, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Shooting sits between Shield Corporation Limited and Siematic Möbelwerke GmbH & Co. KG.

Shield

7
Shinegrow (Xiamen…

7
Shiratronics

7
Shooter's Touch

7
Shottracker

7
Shuert Technology

7
Simpore

7
Siematic Möbelwer…

7
Shooting Simulator ◀

7

What this shows Shooting holds 7 patents at rank #37,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shooting

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms A…)

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

Shooting's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Shooting Simulator, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Shooting Simulator, LLC patent most?

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 7

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F41J - TARGETS; Target RANGES; Bullet Catchers 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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Shooting Simulator, LLC's lead technology class is F41A (Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F41A
Ranked #37,524 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shooting Simulator, LLC against Shield Corporation Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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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