Is Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation's recent grant velocity is +2300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation

Q: Where does Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation ranks #12,228 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation 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 - 25 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smic ranks #12,228 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 3 technology areas.

#12,228
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.6/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +2300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12228 · Foreign Corporation #12,228 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,228/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sick Engineering
CPC-NARROW H10D · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +2300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sick Engineering GMBH (±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 Smic’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 11.3 pts (40%) Velocity 2.1 pts (7%) Breadth 6.1 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smic New Technology… · this assignee

29
VON Ardenne · near

29
Beijing Edifier… · near

29
Ikeda Food Research · near

29
Schwan-stabilo… · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smic'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 Smic?

Each dot is one of Smic’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). Smic’s own 15.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Smic's grants concentrate

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Smic sits between Sick Engineering GMBH and Spal Automotive S.R.L..

Smic's three-year grant acceleration

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Sick Engineering

25
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25
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25
Skyworks Panasoni…

25
Solomon Systems

25
Sony Pictures

25
South China Agric…

25
Spal Automotive S…

25
Smic New Technolo… ◀

25

What this shows Smic holds 25 patents at rank #12,216, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smic

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,216 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Smic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), Smic ranks #239 of 1,402 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

VON Ardenne GMBH 29 Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. 29 Schwan-stabilo Cosmetic GMBH & Co. KG 29 Beijing Edifier Technology Co., Ltd 29

Smic'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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	4.0%
2020	13	52.0%
2021	5	20.0%
2022	2	8.0%
2023	4	16.0%

Which technologies does Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 25

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 23

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

Top 3 of 3 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

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation's lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #12,228 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smic New Technology Research and Development (Shanghai) Corporation against Sick Engineering GMBH, 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.