Where does Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. ranks #30,077 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 Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. hold?

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 26.9 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s patents average 9.6 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 Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp 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

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. focus on?

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General) with 6 patents, ranking #169 of 750 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #30,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 14 technology areas.

#30,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.9/100): 9.6
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30077 · Foreign Corporation #30,077 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Advanced…
CPC-FOCUS B60Q · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy OF Sciences (±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 Shanghai’s 26.9 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 8.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (49%) Claim depth 5.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shanghai Koito… · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 26.9/100 (22nd 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 Shanghai?

Each dot is one of Shanghai’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). Shanghai’s own 9.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shanghai's grants concentrate

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shanghai sits between Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy OF Sciences and Shanghai Sunlight Innov Trading Co., Ltd..

Shanghai Advanced…

9
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9
Shanghai HUA Hong…

9
Shanghai Jadic Op…

9
Shanghai Quicktro…

9
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9
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9
Shanghai Sunlight…

9
Shanghai Koito Au… ◀

9

What this shows Shanghai holds 9 patents at rank #30,011, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shanghai

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,011 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices)

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)

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2018	3	33.3%
2019	3	33.3%
2020	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. patent most?

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 6

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 6

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 4

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B60Q (Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60Q
Ranked #30,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. against Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy OF Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.9/100 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

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