Where does North University OF China rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), North University OF China ranks #5,966 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 North University OF China hold?

North University OF China holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 69 technology areas.

What is North University OF China's Innovation Score?

North University OF China has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is North University OF China's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

North University OF China's recent grant velocity is +278% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for North University OF China's patents?

North University OF China's patents average 8.2 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 North University OF China 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

North University OF China

Q: What technology areas does North University OF China focus on?

North University OF China's top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #18 of 140 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 69 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 69 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: 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-).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, North ranks #5,966 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 69 technology areas.

#5,966
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 8.2
avg claims per patent: +278%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5966 · Foreign Corporation #5,966 · 57 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,966/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Metrologic Instruments
CPC-WIDE C05G · 69 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +278% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Metrologic Instruments, 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 North’s 57.8 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 14.0 pts (24%) Velocity 13.9 pts (24%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Seagen · near

58
Nibco · near

58
North University OF… · this assignee

58
Asana · near

58
Peloton Interactive · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows North's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for North?

Each dot is one of North’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). North’s own 8.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How North's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, North University OF China received 34 grants versus 9 in 2015–2019 (+278% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 13 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class C05G accounts for 10.5% of the portfolio across 69 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Metrologic Instruments, Inc. (#5,958) and Ovonyx Memory Technology, LLC (#5,966).

North's three-year grant acceleration

North University OF China shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Metrologic Instru…

57
MGI Tech

57
Mitsui Chemicals…

57
Misonix

57
National Jewish H…

57
North Atlantic Im…

57
Omnitracs

57
Ovonyx Memory Tec…

57
North University… ◀

57

What this shows North holds 57 patents at rank #5,962, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near North

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,962 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C05G (Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for North, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C05G (Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different…), North ranks #18 of 140 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Nibco Inc. 58 Seagen Inc. 58 Peloton Interactive, Inc. 58 Asana, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.2 here).

Lego A/S 8.2 avg Dowa Electronics Materials Co., Ltd. 8.2 avg Detnet South Africa (PTY) Ltd 8.2 avg Pouch Pac Innovations, LLC 8.2 avg

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

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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North University OF China patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.8%
2017	2	3.5%
2018	3	5.3%
2019	3	5.3%
2020	6	10.5%
2021	3	5.3%
2022	2	3.5%
2023	13	22.8%
2024	10	17.5%
2025partial year	14	24.6%

Which technologies does North University OF China patent most?

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 6

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 6

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 6

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 5

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

C22C - Alloys 4

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

Top 15 of 69 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

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North University OF China's lead technology class is 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-), 10.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C05G
Ranked #5,966 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare North University OF China against Metrologic Instruments, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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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