Overall rank by patents
#13,150
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #13,150 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 0 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R13150 · Foreign Corporation #13,150 · 23 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Shanghai HOTO Techno… · this assignee
32 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-UNK, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, SPAN-YRS, BOOK-RICH. Volume places it #13,150 of 50,000; Innovation Score 31.6/100 sits in the top 62% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, Inc. (±0 grants).
Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd. has been granted 23 US utility patents between 2023 and 2025, placing Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd. at #13,150 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 0 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 1.0 claims per patent. As a Foreign Corporation, Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Shanghai sits between Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, Inc. (23 patents, rank #13,153) and Sino-american Silicon Products Inc. (23 patents, rank #13,161) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 31.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Historical data spans 2023 through 2025, with 23 total grants over that period. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd.'s 1.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 0 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Sartorius BioAnalytical Instruments, Inc.
23 patents
ScentAir Technologies, LLC
23 patents
Schenck Process LLC
23 patents
SentriLock, LLC
23 patents
Shenzhen Ami Technology Co. Ltd.
23 patents
Shenzhen Chitado Technology CO., LTD
23 patents
SiEn (QingDao) Integrated Circuits Co., Ltd.
23 patents
Sino-American Silicon Products Inc.
23 patents
Shanghai HOTO Technology Co., Ltd.
23 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 23 patents at rank #13,157, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #13,157 in granted patent volume.
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
32 Top 62% higher than 38% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | 34.8% |
| 2024 | 7 | 30.4% |
| 2025partial year | 8 | 34.8% |
Overall rank by patents
#13,150
of 50,000 tracked assignees
31.6 out of 100
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