Where does Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. ranks #8,195 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 Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. hold?

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 53.8 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 25 patents, ranking #631 of 5,904 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +3100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.4 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 Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) 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

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Espressif ranks #8,195 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,195
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (53.8/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent: +3100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8195 · Foreign Corporation #8,195 · 39 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,195/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Deep Science
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +3100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Deep Science, LLC (±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 Espressif’s 53.8 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 12.7 pts (24%) Velocity 17.8 pts (33%) Breadth 15.8 pts (29%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Espressif Systems… · this assignee

54
Guardant Health · near

54
Shenzhen Newsonic · near

54
IMS Gear SE & Kgaa · near

54
Voyager Therapeutics · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Espressif's Innovation Score is 53.8/100 (top 8% 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 Espressif?

Each dot is one of Espressif’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). Espressif’s own 12.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Espressif's grants concentrate

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 64.1% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Espressif sits between Deep Science, LLC and Elfa International AB.

Espressif's three-year grant acceleration

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. shows 24 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.

Deep Science

39
Dick's Sporting G…

39
E-link Plastic &…

39
Eight Holdings

39
Eternal Plant Boi…

39
Everlight

39
Evolution Optiks

39
Elfa Internationa…

39
Espressif Systems… ◀

39

What this shows Espressif holds 39 patents at rank #8,192, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Espressif

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,192 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Espressif, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), Espressif ranks #631 of 5,904 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Shenzhen Newsonic Technologies Co., Ltd. 54 Guardant Health, Inc. 54 Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. 54 IMS Gear SE & Co. Kgaa 54

Espressif's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	2.6%
2020	3	7.7%
2021	5	12.8%
2022	10	25.6%
2023	7	17.9%
2024	7	17.9%
2025partial year	6	15.4%

Which technologies does Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 25

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 22

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 7

H04B - Transmission 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

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 2

G11C - Static Stores 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 64.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #8,195 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Espressif Systems (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. against Deep Science, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.8/100 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

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