Where does China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute ranks #3,223 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's Innovation Score?

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute.

What does claim depth mean for China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's patents?

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's patents average 15.4 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 Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute

Q: How many patents does China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute hold?

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute holds 116 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute focus on?

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 90 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute 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 - 116 granted patents across 13 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #3,223 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 116 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,223
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3223 · Foreign Corporation #3,223 · 116 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 116 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,223/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Angel Playing Cards
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bentley Systems… · near

58
China Mobile… · this assignee

58
Auburn University · near

58
Pegatron · near

58
Worcester Polytechni… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows China's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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.

Where China's grants concentrate

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 77.6% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (27 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, China sits between Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd. and Hach Company.

China's three-year grant acceleration

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute shows 74 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Angel Playing Car…

116
Arena Pharmaceuti…

116
Biotronik

116
Booz Allen Hamilt…

116
DOW Tray

116
Fujifilm Healthca…

116
Hitachi Medical

116
Hach

116
China Mobile Comm… ◀

116

What this shows China holds 116 patents at rank #3,223, 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 #3,223 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04W (Wireless Communication Networks)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Bentley Systems, Incorporated 58 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 58 Auburn University 58 Pegatron Corporation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

Evonik Röhm GmbH 15.4 avg Bfly Operations, Inc. 15.4 avg Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH 15.4 avg Ineos Styrolution Group GMBH 15.4 avg

China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	6	5.2%
2021	13	11.2%
2022	27	23.3%
2023	20	17.2%
2024	27	23.3%
2025partial year	23	19.8%

Which technologies does China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 90

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 77

H04B - Transmission 17

H04J - Multiplex Communication 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 5

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

H04Q - Selecting 3

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,223

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute's lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 77.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #3,223 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute against Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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.