Where does AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited ranks #44,760 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 AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited hold?

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's Innovation Score?

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's patents?

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's patents average 10.4 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 AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited 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

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited

Q: What technology areas does AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited focus on?

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AP ranks #44,760 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#44,760
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44760 · Foreign Corporation #44,760 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,760/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AO Ether Optronics…
CPC-NARROW G03B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AO Ether Optronics (SHENZHEN) Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AP Photonices… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AP's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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.

Where AP's grants concentrate

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, AP sits between AO Ether Optronics (SHENZHEN) Limited and Apitope Technology (BRISTOL) Limited.

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5
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Aoti

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5
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5
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5

What this shows AP holds 5 patents at rank #44,576, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AP

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,576 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03B (Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR P…)

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

AP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited patent most?

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 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

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

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#44,760

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited's lead technology class is 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), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03B
Ranked #44,760 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AP Photonices (SHENZHEN) Limited against AO Ether Optronics (SHENZHEN) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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.