Where does Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute ranks #37,490 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's patents?

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's patents average 17.0 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute

Q: How many patents does Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute hold?

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 10 technology areas.

Q: What is Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's Innovation Score?

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute has an Innovation Score of 28.6 out of 100 (28th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute focus on?

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents, ranking #1,879 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shenzhen ranks #37,490 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#37,490
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37490 · Foreign Corporation #37,490 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,490/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Jingdu…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Jingdu Technology 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.

How Shenzhen’s 28.6 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 7.2 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (36%)

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What this shows Shenzhen's Innovation Score is 28.6/100 (28th 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 Shenzhen?

Each dot is one of Shenzhen’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). Shenzhen’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 3.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shenzhen's grants concentrate

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Shenzhen sits between Shenzhen Jingdu Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Ruierxing Electronic Co., Ltd..

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What this shows Shenzhen holds 7 patents at rank #37,394, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shenzhen

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,394 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Shenzhen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

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

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Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	42.9%
2017	3	42.9%
2018	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #37,490 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shenzhen Mercury Optoelectronics Research Institute against Shenzhen Jingdu Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.6/100 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

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