Overall rank by patents
#15,782
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01J (ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, 38TH ranks #15,782 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 18 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R15782 · Foreign Corporation #15,782 · 18 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: 10644137 Canada 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
38TH Research Instit… · this assignee
52 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows 38TH Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #15,782 of 50,000; Innovation Score 51.6/100 sits in the top 11% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is 10644137 Canada Inc. (±0 grants).
38TH Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation has been granted 18 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing 38TH Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation at #15,782 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01J (ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS). As a Foreign Corporation, 38TH Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, 38TH sits between Nvoq Incorporated (19 patents, rank #15,778) and AA R&D Llc (18 patents, rank #15,786) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.6/100 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 15 grants, compared with 2 in the 2015–2019 window, a +650% 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. 38TH Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation's 10.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 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 ◀
nVoq Incorporated
19 patents
quadric.io, Inc.
19 patents
va-Q-tec AG
19 patents
10644137 CANADA INC.
18 patents
3SAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18 patents
9609385 CANADA INC.
18 patents
A7 Fitness Inc.
18 patents
AA R&D LLC
18 patents
38TH RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION
18 patents
What this shows 38TH holds 18 patents at rank #15,782, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #15,782 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in 38TH's primary technology class.
38TH's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 | 2 | 11.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.6% |
| 2021 | 2 | 11.1% |
| 2022 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 2023 | 4 | 22.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 11.1% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 5.6% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#15,782
of 50,000 tracked assignees
51.6 out of 100
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