Overall rank by patents
#21,533
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: Y02P (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #21,533 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 25 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21533 · Foreign Corporation #21,533 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Nextier Completion Solutions 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
North China Universi… · this assignee
51 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows North's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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.
North China University Of Science And Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under Y02P (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, North sits between Nextier Completion Solutions Inc. and Novian Health, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.
13 patents
Ningbo Eudemon Child Protective Equipment Co., Ltd.
13 patents
Ningbo IClipper Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
13 patents
Ningbo Weitao Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
13 patents
Northeast Agricultural University
13 patents
Northquip Inc.
13 patents
Novate Medical Limited
13 patents
Novian Health, Inc.
13 patents
North China University of Science and Technology
13 patents
What this shows North holds 13 patents at rank #21,534, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,534 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in North's primary technology class.
North's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2024 | 6 | 46.2% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 15 of 25 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,533
of 50,000 tracked assignees
51.3 out of 100
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