Where does Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute ranks #46,232 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 Frontier Technology Institute hold?

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's Innovation Score?

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute has an Innovation Score of 25.4 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute.

What does claim depth mean for Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's patents?

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's patents average 15.4 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 Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute 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 Frontier Technology Institute

Q: What technology areas does Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute focus on?

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2021. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dongguan ranks #46,232 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#46,232
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46232 · Foreign Corporation #46,232 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,232/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongfang Electric
CPC-NARROW G01C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2021 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongfang Electric 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dongguan Frontier… · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dongguan's Innovation Score is 25.4/100 (17th 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 Dongguan's grants concentrate

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). By volume, Dongguan sits between Dongfang Electric Corporation and Dongguan Kotion Electronics Tech Co., Ltd.

Dongfang Electric

5
Dongguan Boyi Fur…

5
Dongguan City Min…

5
Dongguan DSP Tech…

5
Dongguan Hesheng…

5
Dongguan Iine Tec…

5
Dongguan JUN Shun…

5
Dongguan Kotion T…

5
Dongguan Frontier… ◀

5

What this shows Dongguan holds 5 patents at rank #46,126, 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 #46,126 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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)

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	5	100.0%

Which technologies does Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 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

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#46,232

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.4 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

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute's lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #46,232 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dongguan Frontier Technology Institute against Dongfang Electric Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.4/100 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

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.