Where does National SUN Yat-sen University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National SUN Yat-sen University ranks #2,460 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 National SUN Yat-sen University hold?

National SUN Yat-sen University holds 159 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 102 technology areas.

What is National SUN Yat-sen University's Innovation Score?

National SUN Yat-sen University has an Innovation Score of 55.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is National SUN Yat-sen University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National SUN Yat-sen University's recent grant velocity is -31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for National SUN Yat-sen University's patents?

National SUN Yat-sen University's patents average 10.6 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 National SUN Yat-sen 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

National SUN Yat-sen University

Q: What technology areas does National SUN Yat-sen University focus on?

National SUN Yat-sen University's top technology area is 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) with 21 patents, ranking #288 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 102 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 159 granted patents across 102 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: 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 Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #2,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 159 patents across 102 technology areas.

#2,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2460 · Foreign Corporation #2,460 · 159 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 159 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fasteners for Retail
CPC-WIDE G01S · 102 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fasteners for Retail, 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.

How National’s 55.8 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 17.5 pts (31%) Velocity 6.9 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (11%)

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What this shows National's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (top 7% 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 National?

Each dot is one of National’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). National’s own 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How National's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, National SUN Yat-sen University received 61 grants versus 89 in 2015–2019 (-31% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 28 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 8. Lead class G01S accounts for 13.2% of the portfolio across 102 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fasteners for Retail, Inc. (#2,456) and Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. (#2,464).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National SUN Yat-sen University moved from 35 to 36 grants (1.03x 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 #1,107. See the growth leaderboard.

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What this shows National holds 159 patents at rank #2,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near National

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,460 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for National, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01S (Radio Direction-finding), National ranks #288 of 3,153 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation 56 Piaggio & C. SPA 56 Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd. 56 University Court of the University of St Andrews 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.6 here).

Panasonic Healthcare Holdings Co., Ltd. 10.6 avg Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. 10.6 avg Chinese Research Academy OF Environmental Sciences 10.6 avg Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation 10.6 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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National SUN Yat-sen University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	10.1%
2016	21	13.2%
2017	28	17.6%
2018	14	8.8%
2019	10	6.3%
2020	16	10.1%
2021	9	5.7%
2022	15	9.4%
2023	13	8.2%
2024	8	5.0%
2025partial year	9	5.7%

Which technologies does National SUN Yat-sen University patent most?

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 21

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 17

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 7

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 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 7

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 7

Top 15 of 102 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

National SUN Yat-sen University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National SUN Yat-sen University's lead technology class is 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 Arra), 13.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #2,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National SUN Yat-sen University against Fasteners for Retail, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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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