Where does Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. ranks #2,032 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 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. hold?

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. holds 196 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +27% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s patents?

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s patents average 13.3 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 Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. 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

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. focus on?

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s top technology area is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like) with 105 patents, ranking #7 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 196 granted patents across 50 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Specialized ranks #2,032 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 196 patents across 50 technology areas.

#2,032
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2032 · US Corporation #2,032 · 196 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 196 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,032/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biomet Sports Medicine
CPC-WIDE B62K · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biomet Sports Medicine, 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 Specialized’s 57.0 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 18.3 pts (32%) Velocity 5.8 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Baoshan Iron & Steel · near

57
Symbotic · near

57
Aspeed Technology · near

57
KÖRBER · near

57
Specialized Bicycle… · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Specialized's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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 Specialized?

Each dot is one of Specialized’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). Specialized’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Specialized's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. received 103 grants versus 81 in 2015–2019 (+27% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 12. Lead class B62K accounts for 53.6% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Timotion Technology Co., Ltd. (#2,028) and Iscar, Ltd. (#2,036).

Specialized's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. moved from 63 to 55 grants (0.87x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,586. See the growth leaderboard.

Timotion Technolo…

197
Biomet Sports Med…

196
Nektar Therapeuti…

196
Olympus Winter &…

196
True Velocity IP…

196
Specialized Bicyc… ◀

196
China Mobile Comm…

195
Coway

195
Iscar

195

What this shows Specialized holds 196 patents at rank #2,032, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Specialized

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,032 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62K (Cycles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Specialized, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B62K (Cycles), Specialized ranks #7 of 302 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Aspeed Technology Inc. 57 KÖRBER Technologies GMBH 57 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. 57 Symbotic LLC 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. 13.3 avg Plantronics, Inc. 13.3 avg Dalian Institute OF Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 13.3 avg ELI Lilly AND Company 13.3 avg

Specialized's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	6.1%
2016	19	9.7%
2017	21	10.7%
2018	14	7.1%
2019	15	7.7%
2020	21	10.7%
2021	27	13.8%
2022	19	9.7%
2023	19	9.7%
2024	17	8.7%
2025partial year	12	6.1%

Which technologies does Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. patent most?

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 105

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 67

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 33

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 17

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 12

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 10

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 10

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 8

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 7

B62L - Brakes Specially Adapted FOR Cycles 5

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 4

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 4

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 4

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 4

Top 15 of 50 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

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.'s lead technology class is B62K (CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like), 53.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62K
Ranked #2,032 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. against Timotion Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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

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