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Sandisk Semiconductor (shanghai) Co. Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 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: H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sandisk ranks #23,334 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 7 technology areas.

#23,334
of 50,000 US assignees by volume
Top 73%
by Innovation Score (28.3/100)
16.8
avg claims per patent
-91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23334 · Foreign Corporation #23,334 · 12 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
  • MID-PACK #23,334/50,000
  • PHOTO-FINISH Salflex Polymers
  • CPC-NARROW H01L · 7 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-DROP -91% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Salflex Polymers Limited (±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.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Sandisk

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Sandisk's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (top 73% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Where Sandisk's grants concentrate

Sandisk Semiconductor (shanghai) Co. Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sandisk sits between Swift Biosciences, Inc. and Savox Communications Oy Ab (ltd).

Who files at Sandisk's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Sandisk holds 12 patents at rank #23,411, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Sandisk

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,411 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Sandisk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 Top 73% higher than 27% of 50,000 US assignees

0–10: 687 US assignees (1%). Below this entry. 10–20: 2,527 US assignees (5%). Below this entry. 20–30: 13,162 US assignees (26%). This entry sits in this band. 30–40: 15,294 US assignees (31%). Above this entry. 40–50: 11,491 US assignees (23%). Above this entry. 50–60: 5,058 US assignees (10%). Above this entry. 60–70: 1,537 US assignees (3%). Above this entry. 70–80: 234 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 80–90: 10 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. 90–100: 0 US assignees (0%). Above this entry. This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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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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Sandisk Semiconductor (shanghai) Co. Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 2 16.7%
2016 2 16.7%
2017 1 8.3%
2018 1 8.3%
2019 5 41.7%
2020 1 8.3%

Which technologies does Sandisk Semiconductor (shanghai) Co. Ltd. patent most?

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,334

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?
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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.