Where does Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ranks #28,584 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 Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. hold?

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 21.4 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.9 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 Dongguan Apac Biotechnology 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

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. focus on?

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 9 patents, ranking #1,126 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dongguan ranks #28,584 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 7 technology areas.

#28,584
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.4/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28584 · Foreign Corporation #28,584 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,584/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Metal AB
CPC-NARROW C12N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Metal AB (±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 Dongguan’s 21.4 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 8.0 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (44%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongguan Apac… · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dongguan's Innovation Score is 21.4/100 (8th 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 Dongguan?

Each dot is one of Dongguan’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). Dongguan’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 10.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dongguan's grants concentrate

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Dongguan sits between Digital Metal AB and Dongin Optical Co., Ltd..

Digital Metal AB

9
Dignity Sciences…

9
Dingfu Biotarget

9
Documill OY

9
Dongguan Silverli…

9
Dongguan Tiger Po…

9
Dongguan Zhen Zho…

9
Dongin Optical

9
Dongguan Apac Bio… ◀

9

What this shows Dongguan holds 9 patents at rank #28,549, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dongguan

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,549 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Dongguan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2017	2	22.2%
2018	2	22.2%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

C12Y - Enzymes 9

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #28,584 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dongguan Apac Biotechnology Co., Ltd. against Digital Metal AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.4/100 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

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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

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