Where does SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. ranks #43,383 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 SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. hold?

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s patents?

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s patents average 9.3 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 SUN Race Sturmey-archer 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 Foreign Corporation

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.

Q: What technology areas does SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. focus on?

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s top technology area is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles) with 6 patents, ranking #50 of 204 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SUN ranks #43,383 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,383
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43383 · Foreign Corporation #43,383 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,383/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sumitomo
CPC-NARROW B62M · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sumitomo Corporation (±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 SUN’s 41.0 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 6.7 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SUN Race Sturmey-arc… · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SUN's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 SUN?

Each dot is one of SUN’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). SUN’s own 9.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SUN's grants concentrate

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles). By volume, SUN sits between Sumitomo Corporation and Sung Chang Co., Ltd.

SUN's three-year grant acceleration

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Sumitomo

6
Sumitomo Mitsui C…

6
Sumix

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Summit Semiconduc…

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Sunallomer

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Sunam

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Suncorporation

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Sung Chang

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SUN Race Sturmey-… ◀

6

What this shows SUN holds 6 patents at rank #43,028, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SUN

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,028 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR Sledges)

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

SUN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2021	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. patent most?

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 6

F16H - Gearing 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

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 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B62L - Brakes Specially Adapted FOR Cycles 1

Top 6 of 6 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

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc.'s lead technology class is B62M (Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B62M
Ranked #43,383 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SUN Race Sturmey-archer Inc. against Sumitomo Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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

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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