Where does China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd ranks #9,735 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd.

What does claim depth mean for China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's patents?

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's patents average 7.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd

Q: How many patents does China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd hold?

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

Q: What is China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's Innovation Score?

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd focus on?

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's top technology area is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams) with 12 patents, ranking #70 of 1,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the China Automotive Technology AND Research Center 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 PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 30 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: G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #9,735 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 30 technology areas.

#9,735
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 7.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9735 · Foreign Corporation #9,735 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,735/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biofire Defense
CPC-FOCUS G09B · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biofire Defense, LLC (±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 China’s 56.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.1 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 19.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aira · near

56
Celestial AI · near

56
China Automotive… · this assignee

56
Soletanche Freyssinet · near

56
tesa SE · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows China's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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 China?

Each dot is one of China’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). China’s own 7.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where China's grants concentrate

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (12 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2023. By volume, China sits between Biofire Defense, LLC and Continental Structural Plastics, Inc..

China's three-year grant acceleration

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd shows 19 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.

Biofire Defense

32
Board of Supervis…

32
CBF Networks

32
CEM

32
Chongqing Konka P…

32
Circadence

32
Connectify

32
Continental Struc…

32
China Automotive… ◀

32

What this shows China holds 32 patents at rank #9,730, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near China

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,730 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in China's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for China, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G09B (Educational OR Demonstration Appliances), China ranks #70 of 1,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Celestial AI Inc. 56 Aira, Inc. 56 Soletanche Freyssinet 56 tesa SE 56

China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

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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China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	7	21.9%
2024	12	37.5%
2025partial year	13	40.6%

Which technologies does China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd patent most?

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 12

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 30 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

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd's lead technology class is G09B (Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09B
Ranked #9,735 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare China Automotive Technology AND Research Center Co., Ltd against Biofire Defense, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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.

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.