Overall rank by patents
#9,880
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H04B (TRANSMISSION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Source ranks #9,880 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 17 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9880 · Foreign Corporation #9,880 · 32 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: SMR Inventec, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Genapsys · near
40 score
MHI Vestas Offshore… · near
40 score
Samet Kalip Ve Maden… · near
40 score
Source Photonics (ch… · this assignee
40 score
Tibco Software · near
40 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Source Photonics (chengdu) Company, Ltd. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #9,880 of 50,000; Innovation Score 39.6/100 sits in the top 38% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is SMR Inventec, Llc (±0 grants).
Source Photonics (chengdu) Company, Ltd. has been granted 32 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Source Photonics (chengdu) Company, Ltd. at #9,880 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 17 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in H04B (TRANSMISSION). As a Foreign Corporation, Source Photonics (chengdu) Company, Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Source sits between SMR Inventec, Llc (32 patents, rank #9,868) and Stmicroelectronics France (32 patents, rank #9,876) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 39.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 6 grants, compared with 26 in the 2015–2019 window, a -77% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Source Photonics (chengdu) Company, Ltd.'s 20.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 17 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SMR Inventec, LLC
32 patents
SNIPR TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
32 patents
SOONCHUNHYANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
32 patents
SORRELL QUARTERS, LLC
32 patents
SPECTRUM SPINE IP HOLDINGS, LLC
32 patents
SPEED TECH CORPORATION
32 patents
STAR CO Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co.
32 patents
STMicroelectronics France
32 patents
SOURCE PHOTONICS (CHENGDU) COMPANY, LTD.
32 patents
What this shows Source holds 32 patents at rank #9,872, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,872 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Source's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Source, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).
Source's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | 15.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 4 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 2020 | 3 | 9.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 6.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 3.1% |
Top 15 of 17 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,880
of 50,000 tracked assignees
39.6 out of 100
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