Where does Shanghai Jiao Tong University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks #1,361 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 Shanghai Jiao Tong University hold?

Shanghai Jiao Tong University holds 308 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 177 technology areas.

What is Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Innovation Score?

Shanghai Jiao Tong University has an Innovation Score of 62.0 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%).

What technology areas does Shanghai Jiao Tong University focus on?

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 35 patents. Grants appear in 177 CPC subclasses total.

Is Shanghai Jiao Tong University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's recent grant velocity is +185% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shanghai Jiao Tong University's patents?

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's patents average 8.9 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 Shanghai Jiao Tong 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

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 308 granted patents across 177 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shanghai ranks #1,361 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 308 patents across 177 technology areas.

#1,361
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 8.9
avg claims per patent: +185%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1361 · Foreign Corporation #1,361 · 308 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 308 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,361/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CertainTeed
CPC-WIDE G06F · 177 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +185% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CertainTeed LLC (±1 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
Maxeon Solar Pte · near

62
Silergy Semiconducto… · near

62
Knauf Insulation Sprl · near

62
LanzaTech · near

62
Shanghai Jiao Tong… · this assignee

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shanghai's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (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.

How Shanghai's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Shanghai Jiao Tong University received 208 grants versus 73 in 2015–2019 (+185% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 67 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 6. Lead class G06F accounts for 11.4% of the portfolio across 177 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Daio Paper Corporation (#1,357) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (#1,365).

Shanghai's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shanghai Jiao Tong University moved from 84 to 149 grants (1.77x 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 #282. See the growth leaderboard.

Daio Paper

309
Glory

309
Gwangju Institute…

309
Twilio

309
Shanghai Jiao Ton… ◀

308
Certainteed

307
Naver

307
Southwest Petrole…

307
The Chinese Unive…

307

What this shows Shanghai holds 308 patents at rank #1,361, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shanghai

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,361 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Knauf Insulation Sprl 62 LanzaTech, Inc. 62 Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. 62 Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.9 here).

AptarGroup, Inc. 8.9 avg Progress Profiles SPA 8.9 avg Posco Co., Ltd 8.9 avg Zuiko Corporation 8.9 avg

Shanghai'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 · 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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Shanghai Jiao Tong University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	1.9%
2016	9	2.9%
2017	21	6.8%
2018	12	3.9%
2019	25	8.1%
2020	26	8.4%
2021	33	10.7%
2022	44	14.3%
2023	38	12.3%
2024	67	21.8%
2025partial year	27	8.8%

Which technologies does Shanghai Jiao Tong University patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 35

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 35

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 29

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 26

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 25

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 18

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

H04B - Transmission 17

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 17

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 15

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 11

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 11

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 11

Top 15 of 177 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,361

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.0 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

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 11.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,361 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shanghai Jiao Tong University against Daio Paper Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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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