Where does Harbin Engineering University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Harbin Engineering University ranks #5,593 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 Harbin Engineering University hold?

Harbin Engineering University holds 61 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is Harbin Engineering University's Innovation Score?

Harbin Engineering University has an Innovation Score of 63.5 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Harbin Engineering University focus on?

Harbin Engineering University's top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 21 patents, ranking #314 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

Is Harbin Engineering University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Harbin Engineering University's recent grant velocity is +5300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Harbin Engineering University's patents?

Harbin Engineering University's patents average 7.1 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 Harbin Engineering 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Harbin Engineering University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 61 granted patents across 65 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Harbin ranks #5,593 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 61 patents across 65 technology areas.

#5,593
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.5/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: +5300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5593 · Foreign Corporation #5,593 · 61 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 61 grants
UPPER-Q #5,593/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gen Digital
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 65 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +5300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gen Digital 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.

How Harbin’s 63.5 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 14.3 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.2 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Ayar Labs · near

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Harbin Engineering… · this assignee

64
Line Plus · near

64
Sysmex · near

63
Toshiba Energy… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Harbin's Innovation Score is 63.5/100 (top 2% 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 Harbin?

Each dot is one of Harbin’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). Harbin’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Harbin's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Harbin Engineering University received 54 grants versus 1 in 2015–2019 (+5300% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 1. Lead class Y02T accounts for 34.4% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Gen Digital Inc. (#5,590) and Institute for Research in Biomedicine (#5,598).

Harbin's three-year grant acceleration

Harbin Engineering University shows 52 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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Hydac Filtertechn…

61
Hydro-quÉBEC

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Haemonetics

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Infinidat

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Institute for Res…

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Harbin Engineerin… ◀

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What this shows Harbin holds 61 patents at rank #5,594, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Harbin

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,594 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Harbin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Harbin ranks #314 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Ayar Labs, Inc. 64 Line Plus Corporation 64 Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation 63 Sysmex Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.1 here).

Linak A/S 7.1 avg Tower Manufacturing Corp. 7.1 avg FCA Italy S.p.A. 7.1 avg Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited 7.1 avg

Harbin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Harbin Engineering University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	1.6%
2021	2	3.3%
2022	9	14.8%
2023	16	26.2%
2024	27	44.3%
2025partial year	6	9.8%

Which technologies does Harbin Engineering University patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 6

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 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 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

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

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 4

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

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

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 3

B01D - Separation 3

Top 15 of 65 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

Harbin Engineering University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Harbin Engineering University's lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 34.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #5,593 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Harbin Engineering University against Gen Digital Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.5/100 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

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