Where does Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University ranks #11,263 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 Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University hold?

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's Innovation Score?

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's recent grant velocity is -83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's patents?

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's patents average 10.3 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

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University

Q: What technology areas does Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University focus on?

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 6 patents, ranking #1,885 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University 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 - 27 granted patents across 34 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Graduate ranks #11,263 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 34 technology areas.

#11,263
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11263 · Foreign Corporation #11,263 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,263/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gemalto M2M
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 34 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gemalto M2M GmbH (±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 Graduate’s 38.8 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 11.5 pts (30%) Velocity 0.5 pts (1%) Breadth 20.6 pts (53%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cradlepoint · near

39
Graduate School at… · this assignee

39
Jahwa · near

39
Metso Minerals · near

39
Permobil AB · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Graduate's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Graduate?

Each dot is one of Graduate’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). Graduate’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 21.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Graduate's grants concentrate

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Graduate sits between GTJ Ventures, LLC and Gurit (UK) Ltd..

Graduate's three-year grant acceleration

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

GTJ Ventures

27
GUI Global Produc…

27
Gemalto M2M

27
Genvec

27
Grandios

27
Gray Manufacturing

27
Guangzhou Kugou C…

27
Gurit (UK)

27
Graduate School a… ◀

27

What this shows Graduate holds 27 patents at rank #11,264, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Graduate

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,264 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Graduate, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Graduate ranks #1,885 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Permobil AB 39 Cradlepoint, Inc. 39 Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd. 39 Metso Minerals, Inc. 39

Graduate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.7%
2016	2	7.4%
2017	1	3.7%
2018	8	29.6%
2019	11	40.7%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	1	3.7%
2023	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 5

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G11C - Static Stores 2

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 34 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

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #11,263 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University against GTJ Ventures, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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

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