Overall rank by patents
#16,027
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: C02F (TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Foshan ranks #16,027 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 11 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16027 · Foreign Corporation #16,027 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: FIGS, Inc. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Foshan Shunde Midea… · this assignee
28 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co., Ltd. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,027 of 50,000; Innovation Score 27.6/100 sits in the top 76% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is FIGS, Inc. (±0 grants).
Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co., Ltd. at #16,027 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 11 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in C02F (TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE). As a Foreign Corporation, Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Foshan sits between FIGS, Inc. (18 patents, rank #16,011) and Freshlink Product Development, Llc (18 patents, rank #16,019) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 27.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a -45% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co., Ltd.'s 8.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 11 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
FIGS, INC.
18 patents
FNV IP B.V.
18 patents
FOGALE NANOTECH
18 patents
FOREVER YOUNG INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18 patents
FOUNDATIONS WORLDWIDE , INC .
18 patents
FRAMERY OY
18 patents
FREIBERGER COMPOUND MATERIALS GMBH
18 patents
FRESHLINK PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC
18 patents
FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WATER DISPENSER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18 patents
What this shows Foshan holds 18 patents at rank #16,015, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,015 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Foshan's primary technology class.
Foshan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
28 Top 76% higher than 24% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2019 | 10 | 55.6% |
| 2020 | 4 | 22.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 5.6% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,027
of 50,000 tracked assignees
27.6 out of 100
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