Is Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's recent grant velocity is +76% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences

Q: Where does Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences ranks #6,655 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 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 - 50 granted patents across 62 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: E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Guangzhou ranks #6,655 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 62 technology areas.

#6,655
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: +76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6655 · Foreign Government #6,655 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNGOV · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,655/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferroelectric Memory
CPC-WIDE E21B · 62 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNGOV Foreign Gov
VEL-SURGE +76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferroelectric Memory 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Consiglio Nazionale… · near

56
Dainichiseika Color… · near

56
Guangzhou Institute… · this assignee

56
Institute of… · near

56
Sungrow Power Supply · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Guangzhou's Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (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.

How Guangzhou's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences received 30 grants versus 17 in 2015–2019 (+76% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 11 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class E21B accounts for 42% of the portfolio across 62 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ferroelectric Memory GmbH (#6,650) and Guidewire Software, Inc. (#6,658).

Guangzhou's three-year grant acceleration

Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Ferroelectric Mem…

50
Fiduciary Benchma…

50
Foamix Pharamaceu…

50
Gema Switzerland

50
Gustav Klauke

50
Gyrfalcon Technol…

50
Gauthier Biomedic…

50
Guidewire Software

50
Guangzhou Institu… ◀

50

What this shows Guangzhou holds 50 patents at rank #6,654, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Guangzhou

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,654 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E21B (Earth OR Rock Drilling)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Guangzhou, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 56 Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals MFG. Co., Ltd. 56 Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche 56 Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.8 here).

Ocean University OF China 8.8 avg Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 8.8 avg Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. 8.8 avg Doosan Corporation 8.8 avg

Guangzhou'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

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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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Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.0%
2016	1	2.0%
2017	5	10.0%
2018	3	6.0%
2019	7	14.0%
2020	2	4.0%
2021	4	8.0%
2022	6	12.0%
2023	7	14.0%
2024	11	22.0%
2025partial year	3	6.0%

Which technologies does Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent most?

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 21

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 17

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 6

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 5

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

B01D - Separation 5

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 4

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 4

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 3

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 3

Top 15 of 62 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,655

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.2 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

Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's lead technology class is E21B (Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells), 42% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E21B
Ranked #6,655 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences against Ferroelectric Memory GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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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