Where does NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry ranks #36,717 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 NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry hold?

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's Innovation Score?

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry focus on?

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's top technology area is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes) with 4 patents, ranking #95 of 269 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry.

What does claim depth mean for NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's patents?

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's patents average 8.0 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

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry

Q: How is the NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry 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 - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, No.59 ranks #36,717 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#36,717
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36717 · Foreign Corporation #36,717 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,717/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NLB
CPC-FOCUS C03B · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NLB, Corp. (±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 No.59’s 40.4 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 7.2 pts (18%) Velocity 16.7 pts (41%) Breadth 11.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (12%)

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What this shows No.59's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 No.59?

Each dot is one of No.59’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). No.59’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

No.59 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where No.59's grants concentrate

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, No.59 sits between NLB, Corp. and Nord-lock Switzerland GMBH.

No.59's three-year grant acceleration

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows NO.59 holds 7 patents at rank #36,641, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NO59

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,641 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03B (Manufacture)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in NO59's primary technology class.

No.59's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	28.6%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	3	42.9%
2024	1	14.3%

Which technologies does NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry patent most?

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 4

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

B22C - Foundry Moulding 1

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

Top 11 of 11 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

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry's lead technology class is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03B
Ranked #36,717 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NO.59 Institute OF China Ordnance Industry against NLB, Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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