Overall rank by patents
#79
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 4,374 granted patents across 127 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Guangdong ranks #79 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 4,374 patents across 127 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R79 · Foreign Corporation #79 · 4,374 grants
GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (±4 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
Align Technology · near
72 score
Nuvoton Technology… · near
72 score
SAP SE · near
72 score
Guangdong Oppo… · this assignee
72 score
GM Global Technology… · near
72 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Guangdong's Innovation Score is 71.5/100 (top 1% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. received 3,378 grants versus 471 in 2015–2019 (+617% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 803 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 10. Lead class H04W accounts for 52.1% of the portfolio across 127 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Olympus Corporation (#75) and Caterpillar Inc. (#83).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. moved from 1,713 to 2,037 grants (1.19x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #801. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Olympus Corporation
4,844 patents
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
4,606 patents
GlobalFoundries Inc.
4,547 patents
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
4,378 patents
Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
4,374 patents
Commissariat A L'energie Atomique ET AUX Energies Alternatives
4,218 patents
ZTE Corporation
4,193 patents
Basf SE
4,191 patents
Caterpillar Inc.
4,178 patents
What this shows Guangdong holds 4,374 patents at rank #79, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #79 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Guangdong's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Guangdong, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).
Guangdong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
72 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 89 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 372 | 8.5% |
| 2020 | 575 | 13.1% |
| 2021 | 766 | 17.5% |
| 2022 | 803 | 18.4% |
| 2023 | 539 | 12.3% |
| 2024 | 695 | 15.9% |
| 2025partial year | 525 | 12.0% |
Top 15 of 127 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#79
of 49,997 tracked assignees
71.5 out of 100
What to do with this data
Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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