Where does Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. ranks #9,374 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 TCL Digital Technology Ltd. hold?

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. focus on?

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 14 patents, ranking #1,002 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +283% 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 TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s patents?

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s patents average 11.6 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 TCL Digital Technology 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 TCL Digital Technology Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shenzhen ranks #9,374 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 19 technology areas.

#9,374
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +283%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9374 · Foreign Corporation #9,374 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,374/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH S9
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +283% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: S9, LLC (±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 41.8 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 12.3 pts (29%) Velocity 7.2 pts (17%) Breadth 15.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anagog · near

42
Banpil Photonics · near

42
Alliance Sports Group · near

42
Shenzhen TCL… · this assignee

42
Wuhan Lotus Cars · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shenzhen's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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 11.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 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 TCL Digital Technology Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 41.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Shenzhen sits between S9, LLC and Sophia School Corporation.

Shenzhen's three-year grant acceleration

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

S9

34
Saint-gobain Perf…

34
Santa Clara Unive…

34
SDG

34
Shimano Component…

34
Smart

34
Sophia & William…

34
Sophia School

34
Shenzhen TCL Digi… ◀

34

What this shows Shenzhen holds 34 patents at rank #9,365, 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 #9,365 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), Shenzhen ranks #1,002 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Alliance Sports Group, L.P. 42 Wuhan Lotus Cars Co., Ltd 42 Banpil Photonics, Inc. 42 Anagog Ltd. 42

Shenzhen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	5.9%
2019	4	11.8%
2020	7	20.6%
2021	2	5.9%
2023	4	11.8%
2024	10	29.4%
2025partial year	5	14.7%

Which technologies does Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 15 of 19 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 TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 41.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #9,374 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shenzhen TCL Digital Technology Ltd. against S9, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.8/100 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

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