Overall rank by patents
#12,214
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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 #12,214 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12214 · Foreign Corporation #12,214 · 25 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Salunda 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
Jack Walters & Sons · near
27 score
Prothera Biologics · near
27 score
Ningbo WELL Electric… · near
27 score
Shanghai Research Ce… · this assignee
27 score
University Of Plymouth · near
27 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai Research Center FOR Wireless Communications stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,214 of 50,000; Innovation Score 27.0/100 sits in the top 78% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Salunda Limited (±0 grants).
Shanghai Research Center FOR Wireless Communications has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2015 and 2021, placing Shanghai Research Center FOR Wireless Communications at #12,214 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04W (WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS). As a Foreign Corporation, Shanghai Research Center FOR Wireless Communications is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Shanghai sits between Salunda Limited (25 patents, rank #12,202) and Shenzhen Xingyingda Industry Co., Ltd (25 patents, rank #12,210) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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 3 grants, compared with 22 in the 2015–2019 window, a -86% 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 Research Center FOR Wireless Communications's 10.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 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 ◀
SALUNDA LIMITED
25 patents
SCHAFFERT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
25 patents
SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS
25 patents
SEARI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
25 patents
SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO LTD
25 patents
SHENZHEN PUREMATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
25 patents
SHENZHEN S-HANDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
25 patents
SHENZHEN XINGYINGDA INDUSTRY CO., LTD
25 patents
SHANGHAI RESEARCH CENTER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
25 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 25 patents at rank #12,206, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,206 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 (27 here).
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 8.0% |
| 2018 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 2019 | 11 | 44.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 8.0% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,214
of 50,000 tracked assignees
27.0 out of 100
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