Where does Softbank Robotics Europe rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Softbank Robotics Europe ranks #9,624 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 Softbank Robotics Europe hold?

Softbank Robotics Europe holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Softbank Robotics Europe's Innovation Score?

Softbank Robotics Europe has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th 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 Softbank Robotics Europe focus on?

Softbank Robotics Europe's top technology area is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices) with 24 patents, ranking #78 of 1,442 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Softbank Robotics Europe's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Softbank Robotics Europe's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Softbank Robotics Europe's patents?

Softbank Robotics Europe's patents average 12.4 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 Softbank Robotics Europe 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

Softbank Robotics Europe

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Softbank ranks #9,624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 18 technology areas.

#9,624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9624 · Foreign Corporation #9,624 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sentreheart
CPC-FOCUS B25J · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sentreheart LLC (±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 Softbank’s 34.9 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 12.2 pts (35%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 15.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Active Motif · near

35
Beam Engineering… · near

35
Coorstek KK · near

35
Gyrodata Incorporated · near

35
Softbank Robotics… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Softbank's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th 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 Softbank?

Each dot is one of Softbank’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). Softbank’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Softbank's grants concentrate

Softbank Robotics Europe is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Softbank sits between Sentreheart LLC and Syneron Medical Ltd..

Softbank's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Softbank Robotics Europe moved from 20 to 1 grants (0.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sentreheart

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Shaw Industries G…

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Shibaura

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SLT

33
Spogen Biotech

33
STM Management Pty

33
Sunstar Engineeri…

33
Syneron Medical

33
Softbank Robotics… ◀

33

What this shows Softbank holds 33 patents at rank #9,613, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Softbank

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,613 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25J (Manipulators)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Softbank, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25J (Manipulators), Softbank ranks #78 of 1,442 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co. 35 Coorstek KK 35 Gyrodata, Incorporated 35 Active Motif, Inc. 35

Softbank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Softbank Robotics Europe patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.0%
2017	3	9.1%
2018	8	24.2%
2019	15	45.5%
2020	3	9.1%
2021	2	6.1%
2022	1	3.0%

Which technologies does Softbank Robotics Europe patent most?

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 24

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 8

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 6

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 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Softbank Robotics Europe's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Softbank Robotics Europe's lead technology class is B25J (MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25J
Ranked #9,624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Softbank Robotics Europe against Sentreheart LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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

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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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