Where does Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec ranks #3,142 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's Innovation Score?

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec has an Innovation Score of 61.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's recent grant velocity is +65% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's patents?

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's patents average 19.5 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

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec

Q: How many patents does Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec hold?

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec holds 120 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec focus on?

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 76 patents, ranking #45 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec 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 - 120 granted patents across 38 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Research ranks #3,142 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 120 patents across 38 technology areas.

#3,142
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.1/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +65%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3142 · Foreign Corporation #3,142 · 120 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 120 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,142/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mythical
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +65% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mythical, 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 Research’s 61.1 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 16.6 pts (27%) Velocity 11.0 pts (18%) Breadth 21.8 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bloom Energy · near

61
Olympus Winter & IBE · near

61
Research Institute… · this assignee

61
Thales · near

61
Rf360 Singapore Pte · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Research's Innovation Score is 61.1/100 (top 3% 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 Research?

Each dot is one of Research’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). Research’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Research's grants concentrate

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 63.3% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (17 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Research sits between Mythical, Inc. and THE Trustees OF Indiana University.

Research's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec moved from 26 to 43 grants (1.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #341. See the growth leaderboard.

Mythical

120
North

120
Novaled

120
Quantum-si Incorp…

120
Sercel

120
Solvay Specialty…

120
Shanghai Huali Mi…

120
THE Trustees OF I…

120
Research Institut… ◀

120

What this shows Research holds 120 patents at rank #3,142, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Research

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,142 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Research, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Research ranks #45 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Thales 61 Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH 61 Bloom Energy Corporation 61 Rf360 Singapore Pte. Ltd. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Rain Bird Corporation 19.5 avg Digital Global Systems, Inc. 19.5 avg Eva Automation, Inc. 19.5 avg Rovi Guides, Inc. 19.5 avg

Research's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.0%
2016	9	7.5%
2017	14	11.7%
2018	8	6.7%
2019	3	2.5%
2020	10	8.3%
2021	13	10.8%
2022	17	14.2%
2023	10	8.3%
2024	16	13.3%
2025partial year	14	11.7%

Which technologies does Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 76

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 72

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 41

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 29

B01D - Separation 21

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 19

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 15

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 9

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 9

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 8

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

Top 15 of 38 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

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 63.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #3,142 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec against Mythical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.1/100 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

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