Where does China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. ranks #2,034 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. hold?

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. holds 195 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 56.6 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%).

What technology areas does China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. focus on?

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks) with 147 patents. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +102% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s patents?

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.9 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.

How is the China Mobile Communications Group 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 195 granted patents across 22 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: H04W (Wireless Communication Networks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #2,034 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 195 patents across 22 technology areas.

#2,034
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: +102%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2034 · Foreign Corporation #2,034 · 195 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 195 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,034/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coway
CPC-FOCUS H04W · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +102% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coway 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
Ability Opto-… · near

57
China Mobile… · this assignee

57
Suzuki Motor · near

57
Content Square SAS · near

57
Seattle Children's… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows China's Innovation Score is 56.6/100 (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.

Where China's grants concentrate

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 75.4% of grants classified under H04W (Wireless Communication Networks). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (31 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2017. By volume, China sits between Nektar Therapeutics and Nordic Semiconductor ASA.

China's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. moved from 42 to 81 grants (1.93x 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 #230. See the growth leaderboard.

Nektar Therapeuti…

196
Olympus Winter &…

196
Specialized Bicyc…

196
True Velocity IP…

196
Coway

195
Iscar

195
Med-el Elektromed…

195
Nordic Semiconduc…

195
China Mobile Comm… ◀

195

What this shows China holds 195 patents at rank #2,034, 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 #2,034 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 (57 here).

Ability Opto-electronics Technology Co., Ltd. 57 Suzuki Motor Corporation 57 Seattle Children's Hospital 57 Content Square SAS 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg A. O. Smith Corporation 14.9 avg Nobel Biocare Services AG 14.9 avg Indian Institute OF Technology Bombay 14.9 avg

China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	9.2%
2016	11	5.6%
2017	6	3.1%
2018	11	5.6%
2019	10	5.1%
2020	16	8.2%
2021	16	8.2%
2022	29	14.9%
2023	21	10.8%
2024	31	15.9%
2025partial year	26	13.3%

Which technologies does China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 147

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 119

H04B - Transmission 30

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

H04J - Multiplex Communication 14

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 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

H04Q - Selecting 4

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,034

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.6 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 Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04W (Wireless Communication Networks), 75.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04W
Ranked #2,034 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. against Nektar Therapeutics, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.6/100 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

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