Overall rank by patents
#1,532
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 272 granted patents across 131 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: E21F (Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, China ranks #1,532 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 272 patents across 131 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R1532 · Foreign Corporation #1,532 · 272 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Acclarent, 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
CFD Research · near
53 score
China University of… · this assignee
53 score
GKN Sinter Metals… · near
53 score
Included Health · near
53 score
Itrec B V · near
53 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows China's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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.
Between 2020–2024, China University of Mining and Technology received 152 grants versus 89 in 2015–2019 (+71% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 48 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class E21F accounts for 25.7% of the portfolio across 131 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. (#1,528) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (#1,536).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, China University of Mining and Technology moved from 111 to 70 grants (0.63x 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 #2,365. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
273 patents
Valeo Schalter UND Sensoren GMBH
273 patents
William Marsh Rice University
273 patents
Acclarent, Inc.
272 patents
Woodward, Inc.
272 patents
China University of Mining and Technology
272 patents
Central Glass Company, Limited
271 patents
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
271 patents
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
271 patents
What this shows China holds 272 patents at rank #1,532, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,532 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 (53 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.5 here).
China's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 | 1 | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 10 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 16 | 5.9% |
| 2018 | 33 | 12.1% |
| 2019 | 29 | 10.7% |
| 2020 | 34 | 12.5% |
| 2021 | 48 | 17.6% |
| 2022 | 26 | 9.6% |
| 2023 | 19 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 25 | 9.2% |
| 2025partial year | 31 | 11.4% |
Top 15 of 131 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,532
of 49,997 tracked assignees
52.5 out of 100
What to do with this data
China University of Mining and 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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