Overall rank by patents
#867
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 520 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #867 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 520 patents across 22 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R867 · Foreign Corporation #867 · 520 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, 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
Dominion Energy · near
47 score
Glycomimetics · near
47 score
Invidi · near
47 score
SK Planet · near
47 score
China Academy OF… · this assignee
47 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows China's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Telecommunications Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 85.4% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (100 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, China sits between EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. and Open Text SA ULC.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology moved from 253 to 3 grants (0.01x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,281. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
525 patents
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
524 patents
ELI Lilly AND Company
523 patents
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
523 patents
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
520 patents
University of Virginia Patent Foundation
520 patents
China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology
520 patents
Micromass UK Limited
519 patents
Open Text SA ULC
518 patents
What this shows China holds 520 patents at rank #867, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #867 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in China's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for China, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).
China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | 10.6% |
| 2016 | 61 | 11.7% |
| 2017 | 88 | 16.9% |
| 2018 | 60 | 11.5% |
| 2019 | 69 | 13.3% |
| 2020 | 100 | 19.2% |
| 2021 | 84 | 16.2% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0.2% |
Top 15 of 22 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#867
of 49,997 tracked assignees
47.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
China Academy OF Telecommunications Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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