Where does Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd ranks #3,784 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 Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd hold?

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's Innovation Score?

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's recent grant velocity is +438% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's patents?

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's patents average 4.9 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 Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic 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

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd

Q: What technology areas does Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd focus on?

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's top technology area is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 29 patents, ranking #88 of 1,842 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shenzhen ranks #3,784 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,784
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 4.9
avg claims per patent: +438%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3784 · Foreign Corporation #3,784 · 96 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,784/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lite-on Opto…
CPC-FOCUS F21V · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +438% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lite-on Opto Technology (CHANGZHOU) 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 47.0 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 15.8 pts (34%) Velocity 15.6 pts (33%) Breadth 12.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National Yunlin… · near

47
Sharp Semiconductor… · near

47
Shenzhen SNC Opto · this assignee

47
The University of… · near

47
Ultravision · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shenzhen's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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 4.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shenzhen's grants concentrate

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 30.2% of grants classified under F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (38 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Shenzhen sits between Lite-on Opto Technology (CHANGZHOU) Co., Ltd. and The Hospital for Sick Children.

Shenzhen's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd moved from 24 to 56 grants (2.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Lite-on Opto Tech…

96
Mitsubishi Tanabe…

96
Rogers

96
Rosemount Tank Ra…

96
Suncoke Technolog…

96
TRW Automotive U S

96
Teradiode

96
The Hospital for…

96
Shenzhen SNC Opto ◀

96

What this shows Shenzhen holds 96 patents at rank #3,784, 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 #3,784 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shenzhen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Sys…), Shenzhen ranks #88 of 1,842 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Ultravision Technologies, LLC 47 The University of New Brunswick 47 National Yunlin University of Science and Technology 47 Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.9 here).

Decathlon 4.9 avg Microtech Knives, Inc. 4.9 avg Yeti Coolers, LLC 4.9 avg FNA Group, Inc. 4.8 avg

Shenzhen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.0%
2018	2	2.1%
2019	10	10.4%
2020	9	9.4%
2021	5	5.2%
2022	5	5.2%
2023	13	13.5%
2024	38	39.6%
2025partial year	13	13.5%

Which technologies does Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd patent most?

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 29

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 28

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 8

F21K - Non-electric Light Sources Using LUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; Light Sources Using Charges OF Combustible MATERIAL; Light Sources Using Semiconductor Devices AS Light-generating ELEMENTS; Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 1

Top 13 of 13 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 SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd's lead technology class is F21V (Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 30.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F21V
Ranked #3,784 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shenzhen SNC Opto Electronic Co., Ltd against Lite-on Opto Technology (CHANGZHOU) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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

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