Where does Swimways Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Swimways Corporation ranks #17,246 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 Swimways Corporation hold?

Swimways Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Swimways Corporation's Innovation Score?

Swimways Corporation has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Swimways Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Swimways Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Swimways Corporation's patents?

Swimways Corporation's patents average 10.1 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 Swimways Corporation 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

Swimways Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Swimways Corporation focus on?

Swimways Corporation's top technology area is B63C (Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects) with 5 patents, ranking #23 of 176 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: B63C (Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Swimways ranks #17,246 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#17,246
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17246 · US Corporation #17,246 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,246/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sumitomo SHI FW…
CPC-NARROW B63C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy (±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 Swimways’s 26.1 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 10.0 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Swimways · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Swimways's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th percentile 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 Swimways?

Each dot is one of Swimways’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). Swimways’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Swimways's grants concentrate

Swimways Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 29.4% of grants classified under B63C (Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Swimways sits between Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy and Tabuchi Electric Co., Ltd..

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Tabuchi Electric

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Swimways ◀

17

What this shows Swimways holds 17 patents at rank #17,245, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Swimways

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,245 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63C (Launching)

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

Swimways's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Swimways Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	23.5%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	3	17.6%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	6	35.3%

Which technologies does Swimways Corporation patent most?

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 5

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 3

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 2

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

F41B - Weapons FOR Projecting Missiles Without USE OF Explosive OR Combustible Propellant CHARGE; Weapons NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

A47D - Furniture Specially Adapted FOR Children 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Swimways Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Swimways Corporation's lead technology class is B63C (Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects), 29.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63C
Ranked #17,246 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Swimways Corporation against Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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