Where does Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. ranks #20,237 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 Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. hold?

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 10 patents, ranking #811 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.7 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 Photonic Technologies (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

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 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: H04B (Transmission).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Photonic ranks #20,237 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#20,237
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20237 · Foreign Corporation #20,237 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,237/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Petuum
CPC-NARROW H04B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Petuum, 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.

How Photonic’s 29.3 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 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 0.6 pts (2%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Photonic (SHANGHAI) · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Photonic's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th 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 Photonic?

Each dot is one of Photonic’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). Photonic’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Photonic's grants concentrate

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Photonic sits between Petuum, Inc. and Plexxi Inc..

Photonic's three-year grant acceleration

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Petuum

14
Pfannenberg

14
Phadia AB

14
Pharmathen

14
Pico & Tera

14
Pierpoint

14
Piusi S P A

14
Plexxi

14
Photonic (Shangha… ◀

14

What this shows Photonic holds 14 patents at rank #20,228, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Photonic

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,228 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Photonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% 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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Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	6	42.9%
2020	4	28.6%
2021	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04B - Transmission 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 8

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 4

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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #20,237 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Photonic Technologies (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. against Petuum, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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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