Where does Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences ranks #21,278 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's Innovation Score?

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's recent grant velocity is +1000% 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 SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patents?

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patents average 6.9 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 SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences

Q: How many patents does Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences hold?

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences focus on?

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's top technology area is G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Institute OF SOIL Science, 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 - 13 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Institute ranks #21,278 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 24 technology areas.

#21,278
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21278 · Foreign Corporation #21,278 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,278/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH INSCOPIX
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inscopix, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Institute OF SOIL Sc… · this assignee

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3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

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What this shows Institute's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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.

Where Institute's grants concentrate

Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Institute sits between Inscopix, Inc. and Intima Bioscience, Inc..

Inscopix

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Inseego

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Insoundz

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Institute OF Nati…

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Integral Developm…

13
Intelligent Platf…

13
International N&H…

13
Intima Bioscience

13
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13

What this shows Institute holds 13 patents at rank #21,265, 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 #21,265 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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)

51 Top 13% higher than 87% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2022	3	23.1%
2023	3	23.1%
2024	4	30.8%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Institute OF SOIL Science, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent most?

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 7

B09C - RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL 3

C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING 2

H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING 2

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 2

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 2

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 2

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 2

E02F - DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING 1

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS ; UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES 1

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 1

C05G - MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS ; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,278

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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