Where does Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. ranks #11,089 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 Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. hold?

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s patents?

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'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 Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, 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

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. focus on?

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s top technology area is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems) with 20 patents, ranking #56 of 704 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 16 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: F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sumitomo ranks #11,089 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,089
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11089 · US Corporation #11,089 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,089/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sorenson Communicati…
CPC-FOCUS F25B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sorenson Communications, 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 Sumitomo’s 40.6 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 11.6 pts (29%) Velocity 7.4 pts (18%) Breadth 14.1 pts (35%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hisense · near

41
NKT HV Cables AB · near

41
Pitney Bowes · near

41
Solystic · near

41
Sumitomo (SHI)… · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sumitomo's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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 Sumitomo?

Each dot is one of Sumitomo’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). Sumitomo’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sumitomo's grants concentrate

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sumitomo sits between Sorenson Communications, LLC and T.RAD Co., Ltd..

Sumitomo's three-year grant acceleration

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Sorenson Communic…

28
Spectra Systems

28
Static Control Co…

28
Stoneridge AB

28
Sunstar Suisse

28
Superpedestrian

28
Synaffix B V

28
T RAD

28
Sumitomo (SHI) Cr… ◀

28

What this shows Sumitomo holds 28 patents at rank #11,088, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sumitomo

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,088 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25B (Refrigeration Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sumitomo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25B (Refrigeration Machines), Sumitomo ranks #56 of 704 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

NKT HV Cables AB 41 Pitney Bowes Inc. 41 Hisense Co., Ltd. 41 Solystic 41

Sumitomo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.3%
2017	2	7.1%
2018	1	3.6%
2019	1	3.6%
2020	5	17.9%
2021	3	10.7%
2022	1	3.6%
2023	6	21.4%
2024	3	10.7%
2025partial year	2	7.1%

Which technologies does Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. patent most?

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 20

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 2

B01D - Separation 2

H04Q - Selecting 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

F02G - HOT GAS OR Combustion-product Positive-displacement Engine Plants ; USE OF Waste Heat OF Combustion ENGINES; NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.'s lead technology class is F25B (Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25B
Ranked #11,089 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. against Sorenson Communications, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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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