USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited

Q: Where does Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited ranks #1,347 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 Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited 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 - 313 granted patents across 85 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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According to USPTO PatentsView, Hong ranks #1,347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 313 patents across 85 technology areas.

#1,347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1347 · Foreign Corporation #1,347 · 313 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 313 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Celgene
CPC-WIDE G06F · 85 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Celgene Corporation (±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 Hong’s 62.3 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 19.9 pts (32%) Velocity 6.4 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Autobrains · near

62
Hong Kong Applied… · this assignee

62
Synaptive Medical · near

62
III Holdings 12 · near

62
University of… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hong's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (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 Hong?

Each dot is one of Hong’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). Hong’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hong's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited received 142 grants versus 155 in 2015–2019 (-8% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 39 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 20. Lead class G06F accounts for 21.1% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Furuno Electric Company Limited (#1,343) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (#1,351).

Hong's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited moved from 88 to 84 grants (0.95x 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 #1,304. See the growth leaderboard.

Furuno Electric

314
Sensor Technology

314
Celgene

313
Hisense USA

313
Sumitomo Osaka Ce…

313
Hong Kong Applied… ◀

313
Global Tel*Link

312
Motional AD

312
Mitsubishi Heavy…

311

What this shows Hong holds 313 patents at rank #1,347, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hong

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,347 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hong, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Hong ranks #762 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Synaptive Medical Inc. 62 Autobrains Technologies Ltd 62 III Holdings 12, LLC 62 University of British Columbia 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Citibank, N.A. 18.5 avg Symantec Corporation 18.5 avg Elan Microelectronics Corporation 18.5 avg Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 18.5 avg

Hong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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 · 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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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	34	10.9%
2016	39	12.5%
2017	20	6.4%
2018	32	10.2%
2019	30	9.6%
2020	33	10.5%
2021	25	8.0%
2022	37	11.8%
2023	20	6.4%
2024	27	8.6%
2025partial year	16	5.1%

Which technologies does Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 66

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 54

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 47

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 40

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 27

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 24

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 20

H04B - Transmission 20

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 15

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

Top 15 of 85 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

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 21.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited against Furuno Electric Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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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