Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Vulcan ranks #30,584 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 6 technology areas.
- #30,584
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 37%
- by Innovation Score (40.0/100)
- 33.2
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R30584 · Foreign Corporation #30,584 · 9 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
- MID-PACK #30,584/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Vortech Engineering
- CPC-NARROW H04L · 6 areas
- INNOV-THIN 40.0/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 33.2 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Vortech Engineering, Inc. (±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 Vulcan’s 40.0 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Vulcan
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Vulcan Shanghai · this assignee
Vulcan Shanghai · this assignee
40 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Vulcan's Innovation Score is 40.0/100 (top 37% 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 Vulcan?
Each dot is one of Vulcan’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). Vulcan’s own 33.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Vulcan's grants concentrate
Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Vulcan sits between Vortech Engineering, Inc. and Ways Technical Corp., Ltd..
Vulcan's three-year grant acceleration
Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.
Who files at Vulcan's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Vortech Engineeri…
Vortech Engineering, Inc.
9 patents
- Voyant Photonics
Voyant Photonics, Inc.
9 patents
- Vringo Infrastruc…
Vringo Infrastructure Inc.
9 patents
- Vueron Technology
Vueron Technology Co., Ltd
9 patents
- Wakunaga Pharmace…
Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
9 patents
- Walbro Engine Man…
Walbro Engine Management, L.L.C.
9 patents
- Water IO
WATER.IO Ltd
9 patents
- Ways Technical
Ways Technical Corp., Ltd.
9 patents
- Vulcan Shanghai ◀
Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd.
9 patents
What this shows Vulcan holds 9 patents at rank #30,553, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Vulcan
By rank, the assignees closest to #30,553 in granted patent volume.
- Vortech Engineering, Inc. #30,549 · 9 patents
- Voyant Photonics, Inc. #30,550 · 9 patents
- Vringo Infrastructure Inc. #30,551 · 9 patents
- Vueron Technology Co., Ltd #30,552 · 9 patents
- Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. #30,554 · 9 patents
- Walbro Engine Management, L.L.C. #30,555 · 9 patents
- WATER.IO Ltd #30,556 · 9 patents
- Ways Technical Corp., Ltd. #30,557 · 9 patents
Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Vulcan's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 15,969 in class
- Qualcomm Incorporated 13,594 in class
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 11,697 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 10,543 in class
- LG Electronics Inc. 9,062 in class
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) 8,543 in class
- Cisco Technology, Inc. 7,502 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 7,301 in class
Vulcan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2021 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 2022 | 4 | 44.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 11.1% |
Which technologies does Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd. patent most?
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
- Ranked #30,584 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Vulcan Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd. against Vortech Engineering, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 40.0/100 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.
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.