Overall rank by patents
#2,321
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 169 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #2,321 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 169 patents across 33 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2321 · Foreign Corporation #2,321 · 169 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Oshkosh Defense, LLC (±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
Akebono Brake Industry · near
52 score
Aledia · near
52 score
Daido Metal · near
52 score
Scott · near
52 score
Shanghai Avic… · this assignee
52 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 51.9/100 (top 11% 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.
Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 40.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (37 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2015. By volume, Shanghai sits between Oshkosh Defense, LLC and Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. moved from 53 to 33 grants (0.62x 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 #2,383. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Oshkosh Defense, LLC
169 patents
Promega Corporation
169 patents
Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
169 patents
Rigaku Corporation
169 patents
Sunbeam Products, Inc.
169 patents
THE Children's Hospital OF Philadelphia
169 patents
Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
169 patents
Electronics FOR Imaging, Inc.
168 patents
Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
168 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 169 patents at rank #2,321, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,321 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shanghai's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shanghai, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | 4.7% |
| 2016 | 13 | 7.7% |
| 2017 | 25 | 14.8% |
| 2018 | 37 | 21.9% |
| 2019 | 21 | 12.4% |
| 2020 | 16 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 16 | 9.5% |
| 2022 | 11 | 6.5% |
| 2023 | 12 | 7.1% |
| 2024 | 10 | 5.9% |
Top 15 of 33 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,321
of 49,997 tracked assignees
51.9 out of 100
What to do with this data
Shanghai Avic Optoelectronics Co., 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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