Where does AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. ranks #22,226 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 AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. hold?

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.8 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 AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. 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

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. focus on?

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 6 patents, ranking #414 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AU ranks #22,226 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 9 technology areas.

#22,226
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22226 · Foreign Corporation #22,226 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,226/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Astronics Aerosat
CPC-NARROW G02F · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Astronics Aerosat 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 AU’s 46.1 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 8.9 pts (19%) Velocity 17.8 pts (39%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AU's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 21% 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 AU?

Each dot is one of AU’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). AU’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where AU's grants concentrate

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, AU sits between Astronics Aerosat Corporation and Avodah, Inc..

AU's three-year grant acceleration

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Astronics Aerosat

12
Atec AP

12
Atlantic Sapphire…

12
Atsumitec

12
Aubert & Duval

12
Autophix Tech

12
Avation Medical

12
Avodah

12
AU Optronics (Kun… ◀

12

What this shows AU holds 12 patents at rank #22,170, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AU

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,170 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

AU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	8.3%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	3	25.0%
2023	3	25.0%
2024	2	16.7%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 6

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G11C - Static Stores 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

Top 9 of 9 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

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #22,226 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AU Optronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd. against Astronics Aerosat Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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

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.