Overall rank by patents
#5,467
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 82 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: F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #5,467 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 82 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R5467 · Foreign Corporation #5,467 · 63 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: R A Brands L.l.c. (±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
Chevron U · near
66 score
AMS International · near
66 score
Shanghai University · this assignee
66 score
Universal City Studios · near
66 score
Evonik Operations · near
66 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,467 of 50,000; Innovation Score 65.7/100 sits in the top 1% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is R A Brands L.l.c. (±0 grants).
Shanghai University has been granted 63 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Shanghai University at #5,467 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 82 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Shanghai University is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Shanghai sits between R A Brands L.l.c. (63 patents, rank #5,462) and Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (63 patents, rank #5,470) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 65.7/100 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 44 grants, compared with 5 in the 2015–2019 window, a +780% 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 University's 10.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 82 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 ◀
R A Brands L.L.C.
63 patents
ROCKSPOON, INC
63 patents
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
63 patents
Robert Bosch Automotive Steering LLC
63 patents
SHENZHEN EIGATE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
63 patents
SK GLOBAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
63 patents
Sanford Health
63 patents
Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
63 patents
SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY
63 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 63 patents at rank #5,466, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,466 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 (66 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.5 here).
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 3 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 2 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 3 | 4.8% |
| 2022 | 10 | 15.9% |
| 2023 | 16 | 25.4% |
| 2024 | 13 | 20.6% |
| 2025partial year | 14 | 22.2% |
Top 15 of 82 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#5,467
of 50,000 tracked assignees
65.7 out of 100
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