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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks #40,964 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 Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's Innovation Score?

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has an Innovation Score of 20.9 out of 100 (8th percentile 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 Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences focus on?

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 3 patents, ranking #502 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's recent grant velocity is +400% 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 Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patents?

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patents average 5.0 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 Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

Q: How is the Institute of Oceanology, 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 - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2021. 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Institute ranks #40,964 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#40,964
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.9/100): 5.0
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40964 · Foreign Corporation #40,964 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,964/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Institut Dr…
CPC-FOCUS C02F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Institut Dr. Foerster GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Institute’s 20.9 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 6.7 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (54%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (14%)

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What this shows Institute's Innovation Score is 20.9/100 (8th percentile 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 Institute?

Each dot is one of Institute’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). Institute’s own 5.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Institute's grants concentrate

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Institute sits between Institut Dr. Foerster GmbH & Co. KG and Intellicheck Mobilisa, Inc..

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What this shows Institute holds 6 patents at rank #41,004, 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 #41,004 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Institute's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2021

Grants by year

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

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Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	16.7%
2020	2	33.3%
2021	3	50.0%

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

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

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 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #40,964 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences against Institut Dr. Foerster GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.9/100 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

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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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