Where does Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. ranks #16,348 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 Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. hold?

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patents average 10.3 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 Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. 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

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. focus on?

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 10 patents, ranking #304 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanutec ranks #16,348 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 4 technology areas.

#16,348
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16348 · Foreign Corporation #16,348 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,348/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seiko Watch
CPC-NARROW H01R · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (±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 Shanutec’s 23.4 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 10.2 pts (43%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shanutec (SHANGHAI) · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shanutec's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th percentile 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 Shanutec?

Each dot is one of Shanutec’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). Shanutec’s own 10.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 3.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Shanutec vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Shanutec's grants concentrate

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Shanutec sits between Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha and Shenzhen Sunxing Light Alloys Materials Co., Ltd..

Seiko Watch

18
Sekisui Kasei

18
Shanghai Techwell…

18
Shanghai Zhangmen…

18
Shenzhen Aukeyhi…

18
Shenzhen Guli Tec…

18
Shenzhen Lianda T…

18
Shenzhen Sunxing…

18
Shanutec (Shangha… ◀

18

What this shows Shanutec holds 18 patents at rank #16,335, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shanutec

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,335 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

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

Shanutec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.6%
2018	7	38.9%
2019	5	27.8%
2020	4	22.2%
2021	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #16,348 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shanutec (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. against Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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

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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

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