Where does Huazhong Agricultural University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Huazhong Agricultural University ranks #15,352 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 Huazhong Agricultural University hold?

Huazhong Agricultural University holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Huazhong Agricultural University's Innovation Score?

Huazhong Agricultural University has an Innovation Score of 41.9 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Huazhong Agricultural University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Huazhong Agricultural University's recent grant velocity is +275% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Huazhong Agricultural University's patents?

Huazhong Agricultural University's patents average 8.1 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 Huazhong Agricultural 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

Huazhong Agricultural University

Q: What technology areas does Huazhong Agricultural University focus on?

Huazhong Agricultural University's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 6 patents, ranking #1,557 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Huazhong ranks #15,352 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 21 technology areas.

#15,352
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.9/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: +275%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15352 · Foreign Corporation #15,352 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,352/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou Denghong…
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +275% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou Denghong Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Huazhong’s 41.9 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 10.3 pts (25%) Velocity 10.5 pts (25%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Huazhong Agricultura… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huazhong's Innovation Score is 41.9/100 (top 32% 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 Huazhong?

Each dot is one of Huazhong’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). Huazhong’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Huazhong's grants concentrate

Huazhong Agricultural University is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 31.6% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Huazhong sits between Honda Patents & Technologies North America and Hangzhou Meari Technology Co., Ltd..

Huazhong's three-year grant acceleration

Huazhong Agricultural University shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Honda Patents & N…

19
Hong Kong Beida J…

19
HTR Development

19
Hu-friedy MFG

19
Hyphy USA

19
Hytorc Division U…

19
Hangzhou Denghong…

19
Hangzhou Meari Te…

19
Huazhong Agricult… ◀

19

What this shows Huazhong holds 19 patents at rank #15,343, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Huazhong

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,343 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Huazhong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Huazhong Agricultural University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	5.3%
2019	3	15.8%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	3	15.8%
2022	3	15.8%
2023	6	31.6%
2024	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Huazhong Agricultural University patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

C07K - Peptides 4

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

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

C12Y - Enzymes 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 1

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Huazhong Agricultural University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Huazhong Agricultural University's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 31.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #15,352 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Huazhong Agricultural University against Honda Patents & Technologies North America, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.9/100 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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