Overall rank by patents
#542
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 825 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #542 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 825 patents across 73 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R542 · Foreign Corporation #542 · 825 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Silicon Laboratories 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
Carrier · near
69 score
Shanghai United… · this assignee
69 score
SoftBank · near
69 score
Amgen · near
69 score
Cirrus Logic · near
69 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 69.0/100 (top 1% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. received 635 grants versus 94 in 2015–2019 (+576% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 145 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 7. Lead class A61B accounts for 54.2% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Gillette Company LLC (#538) and Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University (#546).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. moved from 288 to 410 grants (1.42x 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 #501. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The Gillette Company LLC
830 patents
Corning Optical Communications LLC
828 patents
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
828 patents
University of Massachusetts
828 patents
Silicon Laboratories Inc.
825 patents
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
825 patents
E Ink Holdings Inc.
824 patents
Kaneka Corporation
824 patents
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
823 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 825 patents at rank #542, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #542 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 (69 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
69 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 10 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 14 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 63 | 7.6% |
| 2020 | 113 | 13.7% |
| 2021 | 112 | 13.6% |
| 2022 | 129 | 15.6% |
| 2023 | 145 | 17.6% |
| 2024 | 136 | 16.5% |
| 2025partial year | 96 | 11.6% |
Top 15 of 73 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#542
of 49,997 tracked assignees
69.0 out of 100
What to do with this data
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.'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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