Overall rank by patents
#14,951
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Speedo ranks #14,951 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14951 · Foreign Corporation #14,951 · 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Shining 3D TECH 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Speedo International · this assignee
28 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Speedo International Limited stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,951 of 50,000; Innovation Score 27.9/100 sits in the top 75% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Shining 3D TECH Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).
Speedo International Limited has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2016 and 2024, placing Speedo International Limited at #14,951 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 7.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT). As a Foreign Corporation, Speedo International Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Speedo sits between Shining 3D TECH Co., Ltd. (20 patents, rank #14,928) and SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) (20 patents, rank #14,936) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 27.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 8 grants, compared with 12 in the 2015–2019 window, a -33% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Speedo International Limited's 7.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 10 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SHINING 3D TECH CO., LTD.
20 patents
SILICON TOUCH TECHNOLOGY INC.
20 patents
SIMONSWERK GMBH
20 patents
SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE DÉTECTEURS INFRAROUGES—SOFRADIR
20 patents
SPEX CORPORATE HOLDINGS LIMITED
20 patents
SPG International, LLC
20 patents
SRI ENERGY, INC.
20 patents
SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)
20 patents
SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
20 patents
What this shows Speedo holds 20 patents at rank #14,932, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,932 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Speedo's primary technology class.
Speedo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
28 Top 75% higher than 25% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2018 | 3 | 15.0% |
| 2019 | 6 | 30.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.0% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,951
of 50,000 tracked assignees
27.9 out of 100
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