Where does T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ranks #18,162 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 T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. hold?

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.7 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. focus on?

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 19.6 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 T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor 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

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, T-head ranks #18,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.

#18,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.7/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18162 · Foreign Corporation #18,162 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Synchron Australia Pty
CPC-NARROW G06F · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Synchron Australia Pty Limited (±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 T-head’s 47.7 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 6.1 pts (13%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (25%)

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What this shows T-head's Innovation Score is 47.7/100 (top 18% 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 T-head?

Each dot is one of T-head’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). T-head’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where T-head's grants concentrate

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, T-head sits between Synchron Australia Pty Limited and TAU Motors, Inc..

T-head's three-year grant acceleration

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows T-Head holds 16 patents at rank #18,158, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near T-Head

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,158 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in T-Head's primary technology class.

T-head's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	4	25.0%
2024	6	37.5%
2025partial year	6	37.5%

Which technologies does T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

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

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #18,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare T-Head (Shanghai) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. against Synchron Australia Pty Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.7/100 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.