Where does U-shin Italia S.p.A rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), U-shin Italia S.p.A ranks #8,133 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 U-shin Italia S.p.A hold?

U-shin Italia S.p.A holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is U-shin Italia S.p.A's Innovation Score?

U-shin Italia S.p.A has an Innovation Score of 45.5 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does U-shin Italia S.p.A focus on?

U-shin Italia S.p.A's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 39 patents, ranking #19 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is U-shin Italia S.p.A's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

U-shin Italia S.p.A's recent grant velocity is +213% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for U-shin Italia S.p.A's patents?

U-shin Italia S.p.A's patents average 12.6 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 U-shin Italia S.p.A 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

U-shin Italia S.p.A

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, U-shin ranks #8,133 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 11 technology areas.

#8,133
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +213%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8133 · Foreign Corporation #8,133 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,133/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Ergo Baby Carrier
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +213% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. (±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 U-shin’s 45.5 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 12.8 pts (28%) Velocity 13.3 pts (29%) Breadth 11.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Microtecnica S R L · near

45
Trendsetter Vulcan… · near

45
CelLink · near

45
Soclean · near

45
U-shin Italia S p A · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows U-shin's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (top 23% 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 U-shin?

Each dot is one of U-shin’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). U-shin’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where U-shin's grants concentrate

U-shin Italia S.p.A is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 97.5% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, U-shin sits between The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc. and Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

U-shin's three-year grant acceleration

U-shin Italia S.p.A shows 18 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.

The Ergo Baby Car…

40
Tiger Tool Intern…

40
Tom Tom Global Co…

40
Tyco Raychem

40
Uhlmann Pac-syste…

40
Universitat AUTÓN…

40
University OF Mis…

40
Universite de Ver…

40
U-shin Italia S p… ◀

40

What this shows U-shin holds 40 patents at rank #8,131, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near U-shin

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,131 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in U-shin's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for U-shin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05B (Locks), U-shin ranks #19 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

CelLink Corporation 45 Soclean, Inc. 45 Microtecnica S.R.L. 45 Trendsetter Vulcan Offshore, Inc. 45

U-shin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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U-shin Italia S.p.A patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	5.0%
2018	4	10.0%
2019	2	5.0%
2020	3	7.5%
2021	4	10.0%
2022	4	10.0%
2023	6	15.0%
2024	8	20.0%
2025partial year	7	17.5%

Which technologies does U-shin Italia S.p.A patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 39

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 2

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 11 of 11 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

U-shin Italia S.p.A's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

U-shin Italia S.p.A's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 97.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #8,133 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare U-shin Italia S.p.A against The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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

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.