Where does Shandong University of Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shandong University of Technology ranks #9,121 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 Technology hold?

Shandong University of Technology holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Shandong University of Technology's Innovation Score?

Shandong University of Technology has an Innovation Score of 62.1 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 Shandong University of Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shandong University of Technology's recent grant velocity is +3100% 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 Technology's patents?

Shandong University of Technology's patents average 7.9 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 Shandong University of 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Shandong University of Technology

Q: What technology areas does Shandong University of Technology focus on?

Shandong University of Technology's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 5 patents, ranking #1,801 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shandong ranks #9,121 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 54 technology areas.

#9,121
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.1/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +3100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9121 · Foreign Corporation #9,121 · 35 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,121/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safe Rack
CPC-WIDE C12N · 54 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +3100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safe Rack LLC (±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 Shandong’s 62.1 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 12.4 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (32%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saint-gobain… · near

62
Borealis · near

62
Hamamatsu Photonics… · near

62
Rakuten Group · near

62
Shandong University… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shandong's Innovation Score is 62.1/100 (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 Shandong?

Each dot is one of Shandong’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). Shandong’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Shandong's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Shandong University of Technology received 32 grants versus 1 in 2015–2019 (+3100% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 1. Lead class C12N accounts for 14.3% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Subsea 7 Norway AS (#9,122) and Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd. (#9,130).

Shandong's three-year grant acceleration

Shandong University of Technology shows 26 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Subsea 7 Norway AS

35
Safe Rack

35
Semiconductor Man…

35
Seqirus UK

35
Sifotonics

35
Sling TV L L C

35
Soreq Nuclear Res…

35
Sound Solutions I…

35
Shandong Universi… ◀

35

What this shows Shandong holds 35 patents at rank #9,126, 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 #9,126 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Shandong ranks #1,801 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Borealis AG 62 Rakuten Group, Inc. 62 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. 62 Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation 62

Shandong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 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 · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shandong University of Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.9%
2020	2	5.7%
2021	4	11.4%
2022	12	34.3%
2023	6	17.1%
2024	8	22.9%
2025partial year	2	5.7%

Which technologies does Shandong University of Technology patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 3

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 2

C12Y - Enzymes 2

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 2

Top 15 of 54 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

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

Shandong University of Technology's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #9,121 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shandong University of Technology against Subsea 7 Norway AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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