Where does Shuhou Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shuhou Co., Ltd. ranks #18,110 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 Shuhou Co., Ltd. hold?

Shuhou Co., Ltd. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shuhou Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 28.9 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shuhou Co., Ltd. focus on?

Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses) with 12 patents, ranking #22 of 286 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s patents average 8.4 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 Shuhou Co., Ltd. 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

Shuhou Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shuhou ranks #18,110 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 10 technology areas.

#18,110
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.9/100): 8.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18110 · Foreign Corporation #18,110 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,110/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen NED Optics
CPC-FOCUS B41F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen NED Optics 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 Shuhou’s 28.9 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 9.8 pts (34%) Velocity 2.9 pts (10%) Breadth 11.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shuhou · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shuhou's Innovation Score is 28.9/100 (29th 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 Shuhou?

Each dot is one of Shuhou’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). Shuhou’s own 8.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shuhou's grants concentrate

Shuhou Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Shuhou sits between Shenzhen NED Optics Co., Ltd and Smart Wave Technologies, Inc..

Shuhou's three-year grant acceleration

Shuhou Co., Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Shenzhen NED Opti…

16
Shenzhen New Indu…

16
Shenzhen Yuanrui…

16
Shibumi Shade

16
Sipix Technology

16
Siemens Healthine…

16
Sierra Space

16
Smart Wave

16
Shuhou ◀

16

What this shows Shuhou holds 16 patents at rank #18,136, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shuhou

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,136 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses)

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

Shuhou's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Shuhou Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	18.8%
2017	2	12.5%
2019	1	6.3%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	5	31.3%
2022	1	6.3%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Shuhou Co., Ltd. patent most?

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 12

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 11

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 8

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

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shuhou Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B41F (Printing Machines OR Presses), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41F
Ranked #18,110 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shuhou Co., Ltd. against Shenzhen NED Optics Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.9/100 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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