Where does Shanghai University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shanghai University ranks #5,467 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 University hold?

Shanghai University holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is Shanghai University's Innovation Score?

Shanghai University has an Innovation Score of 65.7 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shanghai University focus on?

Shanghai University's top technology area is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration) with 11 patents, ranking #83 of 892 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shanghai University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shanghai University's recent grant velocity is +780% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shanghai University's patents?

Shanghai University's patents average 10.5 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 University 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 University

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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #5,467 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 82 technology areas.

#5,467
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.7/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +780%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,467/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH R A Brands L L C
CPC-WIDE F16F · 82 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +780% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Shanghai’s 65.7 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 14.4 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chevron U · near

66
AMS International · near

66
Shanghai University · this assignee

66
Universal City Studios · near

66
Evonik Operations · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 65.7/100 (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.

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 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 11.5 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.

How Shanghai's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Shanghai University received 44 grants versus 5 in 2015–2019 (+780% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class F16F accounts for 17.5% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: R A Brands L.L.C. (#5,462) and Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (#5,470).

Shanghai's three-year grant acceleration

Shanghai University shows 39 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

R A Brands L L C

63
Rockspoon

63
Rehabilitation In…

63
Robert Bosch Auto…

63
Shenzhen Eigate T…

63
SK Global Chemical

63
Sanford Health

63
Shenzhen Lute Jia…

63
Shanghai Universi… ◀

63

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.

Companies ranked near Shanghai

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,466 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16F (Springs)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shanghai's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shanghai, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16F (Springs), Shanghai ranks #83 of 892 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Universal City Studios LLC 66 AMS International AG 66 Evonik Operations GmbH 66 Chevron U.S.A. Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.5 here).

Microsemi SoC Corp. 10.5 avg Poly-America, L.P. 10.5 avg Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG 10.5 avg Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l. 10.5 avg

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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Shanghai University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Shanghai University patent most?

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 4

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

Top 15 of 82 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 University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shanghai University's lead technology class is F16F (SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16F
Ranked #5,467 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shanghai University against R A Brands L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.7/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.