Where does Shenhua Group Corporation Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shenhua Group Corporation Limited ranks #33,250 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 Shenhua Group Corporation Limited hold?

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's Innovation Score?

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's patents?

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's patents average 13.0 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.

How is the Shenhua Group Corporation Limited 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

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited

Q: What technology areas does Shenhua Group Corporation Limited focus on?

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 2 patents, ranking #1,444 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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, Shenhua ranks #33,250 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 15 technology areas.

#33,250
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33250 · Foreign Corporation #33,250 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,250/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shangrao Xinyuan…
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development Co. Ltd (±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 Shenhua’s 29.1 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shenhua Group · this assignee

29
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7

What this shows Shenhua's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (29th percentile 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 Shenhua?

Each dot is one of Shenhua’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). Shenhua’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shenhua's grants concentrate

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Shenhua sits between Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development Co. Ltd and Shenzhen Carter Technology Co., Ltd..

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What this shows Shenhua holds 8 patents at rank #33,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shenhua

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Shenhua's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Shenhua Group Corporation Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	62.5%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Shenhua Group Corporation Limited patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C10J - Production OF Producer GAS, Water-gas, Synthesis GAS From Solid Carbonaceous Material, OR Mixtures Containing These Gases ; Carburetting AIR OR Other Gases 1

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 1

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 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

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 1

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 1

C10B - Destructive Distillation OF Carbonaceous Materials FOR Production OF GAS, Coke, TAR, OR Similar Materials 1

F23K - Feeding Fuel TO Combustion Apparatus 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shenhua Group Corporation Limited's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #33,250 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shenhua Group Corporation Limited against Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development Co. Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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