Overall rank by patents
#24,097
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: E01B (PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #24,097 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 16 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R24097 · Foreign Corporation #24,097 · 11 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Chemo Research, S.l. (±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
China Academy OF Rai… · this assignee
35 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows China's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (top 52% 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.
China Academy OF Railway Sciences Corporation Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 27.3% of grants classified under E01B (PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, China sits between Chemo Research, S.l. and Clearcare, Inc..
China Academy OF Railway Sciences Corporation Ltd. shows 4 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.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
CHEMO RESEARCH, S.L.
11 patents
CHEMOURS-MITSUI FLUOROPRODUCTS CO., LTD.
11 patents
CHERY AUTOMOBILE CO., LTD.
11 patents
CHEVRON JAPAN LIMITED
11 patents
CHUANHENG FURNITURE PRODUCTS SDN BHD
11 patents
CIMCON Lighting, Inc.
11 patents
CIW Enterprises, Inc.
11 patents
CLEARCARE, INC.
11 patents
CHINA ACADEMY OF RAILWAY SCIENCES CORPORATION LTD.
11 patents
What this shows China holds 11 patents at rank #24,067, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #24,067 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in China's primary technology class.
China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
35 Top 52% higher than 48% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 18.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 18.2% |
| 2024 | 4 | 36.4% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 27.3% |
Top 15 of 16 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#24,097
of 50,000 tracked assignees
34.5 out of 100
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