Overall rank by patents
#3,979
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 57 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #3,979 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 57 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R3979 · Foreign Corporation #3,979 · 91 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Kistler Holding AG (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Cavh · near
58 score
Kidde · near
58 score
North China… · this assignee
58 score
University of Bath · near
58 score
Adient US · near
58 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows North's Innovation Score is 57.9/100 (top 5% 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.
Between 2020–2024, North China Electrical Power University received 74 grants versus 11 in 2015–2019 (+573% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class Y02E accounts for 54.9% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kistler Holding AG (#3,974) and Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. (#3,982).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, North China Electrical Power University moved from 25 to 51 grants (2.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Kistler Holding AG
91 patents
L&F Plastics, Co., Ltd.
91 patents
Ludwig Institute FOR Cancer Research Ltd
91 patents
NIO Nextev Limited
91 patents
National University Corporation Kagawa University
91 patents
Patent Investment & Licensing Company
91 patents
SOCIÉTÉ BIC
91 patents
Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
91 patents
North China Electrical Power University
91 patents
What this shows North holds 91 patents at rank #3,978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #3,978 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in North's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for North, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.2 here).
North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 3 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 3 | 3.3% |
| 2021 | 20 | 22.0% |
| 2022 | 11 | 12.1% |
| 2023 | 13 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 27 | 29.7% |
| 2025partial year | 6 | 6.6% |
Top 15 of 57 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#3,979
of 49,997 tracked assignees
57.9 out of 100
What to do with this data
North China Electrical Power University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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