Where does MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. ranks #48,790 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 MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. hold?

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s patents?

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s patents average 9.0 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 MiTAC Research (Shanghai) 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

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. focus on?

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 4 patents, ranking #558 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Mitac ranks #48,790 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#48,790
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48790 · Foreign Corporation #48,790 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,790/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metsä Board Oyj
CPC-NARROW G01C · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metsä Board Oyj (±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 Mitac’s 20.9 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 6.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MiTAC Research… · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mitac's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Mitac?

Each dot is one of Mitac’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). Mitac’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mitac's grants concentrate

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Mitac sits between Metso Finland Oy and Micro*D, Inc..

Metso Finland Oy

5
Metsä Board Oyj

5
Metzner Holding

5
Mewt

5
Michael Hill Fran…

5
Michael Jerome De…

5
Micraft System Pl…

5
Micro*D

5
Mitac Research (S… ◀

5

What this shows MiTAC holds 5 patents at rank #48,845, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MiTAC

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,845 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Mitac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	2	40.0%
2020	2	40.0%

Which technologies does MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #48,790 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MiTAC Research (Shanghai) Ltd. against Metso Finland Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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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