Where does Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG ranks #11,076 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 Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG hold?

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's Innovation Score?

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG has an Innovation Score of 33.8 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's patents?

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's patents average 19.8 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 Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG 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

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG

Q: What technology areas does Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG focus on?

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's top technology area is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 18 patents, ranking #91 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 6 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shuffle ranks #11,076 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 6 technology areas.

#11,076
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.8/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11076 · Foreign Corporation #11,076 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,076/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schoeller Allibert
CPC-NARROW A63F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schoeller Allibert GmbH (±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 Shuffle’s 33.8 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 11.6 pts (34%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SMed-TA/TD · near

34
Baylis Medical · near

34
RH US · near

34
Shuffle Master & KG · this assignee

34
HCT Group Holdings · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shuffle's Innovation Score is 33.8/100 (46th 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 Shuffle?

Each dot is one of Shuffle’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). Shuffle’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shuffle's grants concentrate

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Shuffle sits between Schoeller Allibert GmbH and Spectra Systems Corporation.

Shuffle's three-year grant acceleration

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Schoeller Allibert

28
Scientist of Fort…

28
Sequans Communica…

28
Shelterlogic

28
Silencerco

28
Silvair Sp z o o

28
Sorenson Communic…

28
Spectra Systems

28
Shuffle Master &… ◀

28

What this shows Shuffle holds 28 patents at rank #11,081, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shuffle

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,081 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shuffle, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63F (Card), Shuffle ranks #91 of 894 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Baylis Medical Company Inc. 34 RH US, LLC 34 HCT Group Holdings Limited 34 SMed-TA/TD, LLC 34

Shuffle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.1%
2016	3	10.7%
2017	5	17.9%
2018	3	10.7%
2019	4	14.3%
2020	6	21.4%
2021	2	7.1%
2022	1	3.6%
2023	1	3.6%
2024	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 18

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 13

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG's lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #11,076 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG against Schoeller Allibert GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.8/100 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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