Overall rank by patents
#998
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 440 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #998 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 440 patents across 13 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R998 · Foreign Corporation #998 · 440 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The Braun Corporation (±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
Boston Scientific… · near
63 score
C R Bard · near
63 score
SK ie technology · near
63 score
Shanghai Langbo… · this assignee
63 score
Waters · near
63 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 62.8/100 (top 2% 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 Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 93.6% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (126 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Shanghai sits between YKK Corporation and Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited moved from 109 to 292 grants (2.68x 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 #104. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
YKK Corporation
443 patents
Crestron Electronics, Inc.
442 patents
Siemens Industry, Inc.
442 patents
Beta AIR LLC
441 patents
The Braun Corporation
440 patents
Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited
440 patents
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
439 patents
Vivint LLC
439 patents
Knorr-bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
438 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 440 patents at rank #998, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #998 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 (63 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2018 | 7 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 11 | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 30 | 6.8% |
| 2021 | 68 | 15.5% |
| 2022 | 92 | 20.9% |
| 2023 | 74 | 16.8% |
| 2024 | 126 | 28.6% |
| 2025partial year | 31 | 7.0% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#998
of 49,997 tracked assignees
62.8 out of 100
What to do with this data
Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited'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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