Where does Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks #3,121 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's Innovation Score?

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences has an Innovation Score of 56.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences focus on?

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 45 patents. Grants appear in 53 CPC subclasses total.

Is Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patents?

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patents average 11.4 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

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Q: How many patents does Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences hold?

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences holds 121 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 53 technology areas.

Q: How is the Institute of Automation, 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 - 121 granted patents across 53 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Institute ranks #3,121 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 121 patents across 53 technology areas.

#3,121
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.9/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3121 · Foreign Corporation #3,121 · 121 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 121 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,121/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferring B V
CPC-WIDE G06F · 53 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferring B.V. (±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
Institute of… · this assignee

57
Lite-on (GUANGZHOU) · near

57
Osram · near

57
Evonik Degussa · near

57
Oceaneering… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Institute's Innovation Score is 56.9/100 (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 Institute's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences received 81 grants versus 36 in 2015–2019 (+125% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 5. Lead class G06F accounts for 37.2% of the portfolio across 53 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ferring B.V. (#3,117) and Sunrise Memory Corporation (#3,125).

Institute's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences moved from 40 to 51 grants (1.27x 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 #677. See the growth leaderboard.

Ferring B V

121
Georgia-pacific C…

121
Glaxosmithkline

121
Hefei BOE Display…

121
Landscape Forms

121
Purac Biochem BV

121
Shinkawa

121
Sunrise Memory

121
Institute of Auto… ◀

121

What this shows Institute holds 121 patents at rank #3,121, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Institute

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,121 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 57 Osram GmbH 57 Oceaneering International, Inc. 57 Evonik Degussa GMBH 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.4 here).

Tosoh Corporation 11.4 avg ViaCyte, Inc. 11.4 avg Goertek Inc. 11.4 avg Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. 11.4 avg

Institute's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 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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Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	7.4%
2016	6	5.0%
2017	5	4.1%
2018	6	5.0%
2019	10	8.3%
2020	14	11.6%
2021	16	13.2%
2022	26	21.5%
2023	11	9.1%
2024	14	11.6%
2025partial year	4	3.3%

Which technologies does Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 45

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 40

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 38

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 37

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 24

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 18

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

G11C - Static Stores 5

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

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 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 3

Top 15 of 53 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,121

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.9 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

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 37.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,121 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences against Ferring B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.9/100 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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