Where does Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation ranks #12,666 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 Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation hold?

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's Innovation Score?

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation has an Innovation Score of 34.4 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's patents?

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's patents average 11.2 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 Showa Aluminum CAN 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

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation focus on?

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 13 patents, ranking #101 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Showa ranks #12,666 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 16 technology areas.

#12,666
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.4/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12666 · Foreign Corporation #12,666 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,666/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Flexiv…
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Flexiv Robotics Technology 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 Showa’s 34.4 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 11.1 pts (32%) Velocity 2.4 pts (7%) Breadth 14.1 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Showa Aluminum CAN · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Showa's Innovation Score is 34.4/100 (48th 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 Showa?

Each dot is one of Showa’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). Showa’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Showa's grants concentrate

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 54.2% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Showa sits between Shanghai Flexiv Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. and Somar Corporation.

Showa's three-year grant acceleration

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Shanghai Flexiv R…

24
Shanghai Micropor…

24
Shenzhen NEW Degr…

24
Shmuel UR Innovat…

24
Sightline Interac…

24
SK Enpulse

24
SNF Group

24
Somar

24
Showa Aluminum CAN ◀

24

What this shows Showa holds 24 patents at rank #12,659, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Showa

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,659 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Showa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.2%
2016	1	4.2%
2017	6	25.0%
2018	1	4.2%
2019	4	16.7%
2020	5	20.8%
2021	2	8.3%
2022	3	12.5%
2024	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 13

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 10

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 10

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 5

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 2

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 1

B41N - Printing Plates OR Foils ; Materials FOR Surfaces Used IN Printing Machines FOR Printing, Inking, Damping, OR THE LIKE; Preparing Such Surfaces FOR USE AND Conserving Them 1

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 54.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #12,666 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Showa Aluminum CAN Corporation against Shanghai Flexiv Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.4/100 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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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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