Where does Shandong University OF Science AND Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shandong University OF Science AND Technology ranks #3,688 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 Shandong University OF Science AND Technology hold?

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 83 technology areas.

What is Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's Innovation Score?

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology has an Innovation Score of 58.0 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 Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's recent grant velocity is +1267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's patents?

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's patents average 7.0 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

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology

Q: What technology areas does Shandong University OF Science AND Technology focus on?

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 20 patents. Grants appear in 83 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Shandong University OF Science AND Technology 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 - 99 granted patents across 83 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shandong ranks #3,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 83 technology areas.

#3,688
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 7.0
avg claims per patent: +1267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3688 · Foreign Corporation #3,688 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,688/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jeld-wen
CPC-WIDE G01N · 83 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jeld-wen, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Datalogic IP Tech S… · near

58
Emerson Electric · near

58
Flender · near

58
Shandong University… · this assignee

58
Zeroavia · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shandong's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (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.

How Shandong's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Shandong University OF Science AND Technology received 82 grants versus 6 in 2015–2019 (+1267% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 20.2% of the portfolio across 83 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Jeld-wen, Inc. (#3,683) and Southco, Inc. (#3,691).

Shandong's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shandong University OF Science AND Technology moved from 29 to 56 grants (1.93x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Jeld-wen

99
National Universi…

99
OVH

99
Qualcomm Internat…

99
Sugino Machine

99
Saginomiya Seisak…

99
Sitronix Technolo…

99
Southco

99
Shandong Universi… ◀

99

What this shows Shandong holds 99 patents at rank #3,687, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shandong

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,687 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shandong, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Flender GmbH 58 Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L. 58 Emerson Electric Co. 58 Zeroavia Ltd 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.0 here).

Bentley Motors Limited 7.0 avg Fujikoki Corporation 6.9 avg Nitta Corporation 6.9 avg Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd. 6.9 avg

Shandong'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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Shandong University OF Science AND Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.0%
2018	2	2.0%
2019	3	3.0%
2020	9	9.1%
2021	17	17.2%
2022	19	19.2%
2023	11	11.1%
2024	26	26.3%
2025partial year	11	11.1%

Which technologies does Shandong University OF Science AND Technology patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 20

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 15

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 14

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 13

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

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

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

Top 15 of 83 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,688

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shandong University OF Science AND Technology's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 20.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #3,688 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shandong University OF Science AND Technology against Jeld-wen, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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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