Where does Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ranks #8,797 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +42% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Q: How is the Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing 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 PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Foshan ranks #8,797 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 11 technology areas.

#8,797
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: +42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8797 · Foreign Corporation #8,797 · 36 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,797/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Embecta
CPC-FOCUS A47L · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Embecta Corp. (±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 Foshan’s 40.4 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 12.5 pts (31%) Velocity 9.6 pts (24%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Foshan Shunde Midea… · this assignee

40
Maquet Critical… · near

40
National Semiconductor · near

40
Kyphon Sarl · near

40
WisTa Laboratories · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Foshan's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Foshan?

Each dot is one of Foshan’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). Foshan’s own 10.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Foshan's grants concentrate

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 63.9% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Foshan sits between Embecta Corp. and Futura S.P.A..

Foshan's three-year grant acceleration

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. shows 13 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.

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36
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36
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36

What this shows Foshan holds 36 patents at rank #8,796, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Foshan

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,796 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Foshan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning), Foshan ranks #48 of 516 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

National Semiconductor Corporation 40 Maquet Critical Care AB 40 WisTa Laboratories Ltd. 40 Kyphon Sarl 40

Foshan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	5.6%
2017	2	5.6%
2018	3	8.3%
2019	5	13.9%
2020	2	5.6%
2021	2	5.6%
2022	4	11.1%
2023	1	2.8%
2024	8	22.2%
2025partial year	7	19.4%

Which technologies does Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 23

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

B01D - Separation 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 63.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #8,797 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. against Embecta Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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

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