Overall rank by patents
#21,821
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 2 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: A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Sports ranks #21,821 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 2 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21821 · Foreign Corporation #21,821 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Southwest University Of Science And Technology (±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
Sports Art Industrial · this assignee
21 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Sports's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (top 92% 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.
Sports Art Industrial Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under A63B (APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sports sits between Southwest University Of Science And Technology and Stephen P. Shoemaker Trust.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Southwest University of Science and Technology
13 patents
Sparkly Soul, Inc.
13 patents
Spec Seats Technologies Inc.
13 patents
Specialty Earth Sciences, LLC
13 patents
Sprue Safety Products Ltd.
13 patents
Stefanplast S.P.A.
13 patents
Steffes, LLC
13 patents
Stephen P. Shoemaker Trust
13 patents
Sports Art Industrial Co., Ltd.
13 patents
What this shows Sports holds 13 patents at rank #21,841, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,841 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sports's primary technology class.
Sports's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
21 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 7.7% |
Top 2 of 2 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,821
of 50,000 tracked assignees
20.9 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.