Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Northwest ranks #17,045 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 22 technology areas.
- #17,045
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 10%
- by Innovation Score (52.6/100)
- 10.1
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17045 · Foreign Corporation #17,045 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
- MID-PACK #17,045/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH New Health Sciences
- CPC-FOCUS G01N · 22 areas
- INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
- CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: New Health Sciences, 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 Northwest’s 52.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Northwest
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Northwest Institute… · this assignee
Northwest Institute… · this assignee
53 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Northwest's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Northwest?
Each dot is one of Northwest’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). Northwest’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Northwest's grants concentrate
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 29.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Northwest sits between New Health Sciences, Inc. and Nufern.
Northwest's three-year grant acceleration
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences shows 6 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.
Who files at Northwest's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- New Health Scienc…
New Health Sciences, Inc.
17 patents
- Nexmo
Nexmo, Inc.
17 patents
- Nomad Goods
Nomad Goods, Inc.
17 patents
- Nordic Bioscience…
Nordic Bioscience A/S
17 patents
- Novaflux
Novaflux Inc.
17 patents
- Numat
NuMat Technologies, Inc.
17 patents
- Nucleus Scientific
Nucleus Scientific Inc.
17 patents
- Nufern
Nufern
17 patents
- Northwest Institu… ◀
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
17 patents
What this shows Northwest holds 17 patents at rank #17,047, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Northwest
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,047 in granted patent volume.
- New Health Sciences, Inc. #17,043 · 17 patents
- Nexmo, Inc. #17,044 · 17 patents
- Nomad Goods, Inc. #17,045 · 17 patents
- Nordic Bioscience A/S #17,046 · 17 patents
- Novaflux Inc. #17,048 · 17 patents
- NuMat Technologies, Inc. #17,049 · 17 patents
- Nucleus Scientific Inc. #17,050 · 17 patents
- Nufern #17,051 · 17 patents
Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Northwest's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,153 in class
- Shimadzu Corporation 1,111 in class
- Saudi Arabian OIL Company 837 in class
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 816 in class
- The Boeing Company 701 in class
- General Electric Company 634 in class
- Kla-tencor Corporation 583 in class
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 530 in class
Northwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 11.8% |
| 2024 | 6 | 35.3% |
| 2025partial year | 9 | 52.9% |
Which technologies does Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences patent most?
Top 15 of 22 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 29.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
- Ranked #17,045 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences against New Health Sciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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.
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