Overall rank by patents
#25,173
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #25,173 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R25173 · Foreign Corporation #25,173 · 11 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Senscomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (±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
Shanghai Yingli Phar… · this assignee
48 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 47.9/100 (top 18% 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 Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shanghai sits between Senscomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Shazam Investments Ltd..
Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Senscomm Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
11 patents
Senseair AB
11 patents
Sentient Technologies (Barbados) Limited
11 patents
Sequoia Sciences, Inc.
11 patents
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. Ltd
11 patents
Shared Space Studios Inc.
11 patents
Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation
11 patents
Shazam Investments Ltd.
11 patents
Shanghai Yingli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
11 patents
What this shows Shanghai holds 11 patents at rank #25,239, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #25,239 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Shanghai's primary technology class.
Shanghai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 50,000 US assignees
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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 | 9.1% |
| 2017 | 3 | 27.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 18.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 27.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 9.1% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#25,173
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.9 out of 100
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