Overall rank by patents
#17,172
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 3 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: B23K (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #17,172 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17172 · Foreign Corporation #17,172 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Seeing Machines 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Shanghai Hugong Elec… · this assignee
19 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai Hugong Electric (group) Co., Ltd. stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-LOW, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,172 of 50,000; Innovation Score 18.5/100 sits in the top 95% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Seeing Machines Limited (±0 grants).
Shanghai Hugong Electric (group) Co., Ltd. has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing Shanghai Hugong Electric (group) Co., Ltd. at #17,172 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 3 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 2.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in B23K (SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM). As a Foreign Corporation, Shanghai Hugong Electric (group) Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Shanghai sits between Seeing Machines Limited (17 patents, rank #17,154) and Shenzhen Hightide Biopharmaceutical, Ltd. (17 patents, rank #17,162) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 18.5/100 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. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -40% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. 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 Hugong Electric (group) Co., Ltd.'s 2.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 3 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 ◀
SEEING MACHINES LIMITED
17 patents
SEIKO GROUP CORPORATION
17 patents
SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
17 patents
SHANGHAI CHULE (COOTEK) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17 patents
SHANGHAI LIANSHANG NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17 patents
SHANGHAI PUTAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17 patents
SHENYANG SINOCHEM AGROCHEMICALS R&D CO., LTD.
17 patents
SHENZHEN HIGHTIDE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, LTD.
17 patents
SHANGHAI HUGONG ELECTRIC (GROUP) CO., LTD.
17 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 17 patents at rank #17,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,158 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shanghai's primary technology class.
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
19 Top 95% higher than 5% of 50,000 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 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 | 58.8% |
| 2020 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 5.9% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,172
of 50,000 tracked assignees
18.5 out of 100
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