Where does Shandong University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shandong University ranks #1,475 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 hold?

Shandong University holds 281 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 178 technology areas.

What is Shandong University's Innovation Score?

Shandong University has an Innovation Score of 69.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shandong University focus on?

Shandong University's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 52 patents, ranking #274 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 178 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shandong University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shandong University's recent grant velocity is +571% 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's patents?

Shandong University's patents average 9.9 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 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

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 281 granted patents across 178 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 #1,475 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 281 patents across 178 technology areas.

#1,475
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.9/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +571%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1475 · Foreign Corporation #1,475 · 281 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 281 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,475/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sram
CPC-WIDE G01N · 178 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +571% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sram, 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 69.9 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 19.5 pts (28%) Velocity 19.5 pts (28%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rheem Manufacturing · near

70
Caterpillar · near

70
Shandong University · this assignee

70
HI · near

70
Skyworks Solutions · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shandong's Innovation Score is 69.9/100 (top 1% 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 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 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 received 188 grants versus 28 in 2015–2019 (+571% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 72 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class G01N accounts for 18.5% of the portfolio across 178 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Atieva, Inc. (#1,471) and Anritsu Company (#1,479).

Shandong's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shandong University moved from 52 to 152 grants (2.92x 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 #84. See the growth leaderboard.

Atieva

282
Chengdu Qinchuan…

282
Fotonation

282
GE Infrastructure…

282
Sram

281
TC1

281
Shandong Universi… ◀

281
Aerovironment

280
Anritsu

280

What this shows Shandong holds 281 patents at rank #1,475, 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 #1,475 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). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Shandong ranks #274 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Caterpillar Inc. 70 HI LLC 70 Skyworks Solutions, Inc. 70 Rheem Manufacturing Company 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.9 here).

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. 9.9 avg The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 9.9 avg University-industry Cooperation Group OF Kyung HEE University 9.8 avg Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. 9.8 avg

Shandong's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.7%
2016	3	1.1%
2017	2	0.7%
2018	5	1.8%
2019	16	5.7%
2020	9	3.2%
2021	27	9.6%
2022	30	10.7%
2023	50	17.8%
2024	72	25.6%
2025partial year	65	23.1%

Which technologies does Shandong University patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 52

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 19

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 19

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 19

E21D - SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; Large Underground Chambers 17

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 16

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 14

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 13

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 13

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 11

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 11

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

Top 15 of 178 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's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shandong University's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 18.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #1,475 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shandong University against Atieva, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.9/100 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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