Where does Shenzhen University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shenzhen University ranks #1,680 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 Shenzhen University hold?

Shenzhen University holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 133 technology areas.

What is Shenzhen University's Innovation Score?

Shenzhen University has an Innovation Score of 58.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shenzhen University focus on?

Shenzhen University's top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 46 patents, ranking #333 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 133 CPC subclasses total.

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

Shenzhen University's recent grant velocity is +151% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shenzhen University's patents?

Shenzhen University's patents average 10.9 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 Shenzhen 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

Shenzhen University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 133 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shenzhen ranks #1,680 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 133 technology areas.

#1,680
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: +151%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1680 · Foreign Corporation #1,680 · 245 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,680/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BMC Software
CPC-WIDE G06T · 133 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +151% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BMC Software, 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.

How Shenzhen’s 58.8 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 19.0 pts (32%) Velocity 8.2 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ginkgo Bioworks · near

59
Milliken & · near

59
Hyperloop · near

59
Shenzhen University · this assignee

59
Upm-kymmene · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shenzhen's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (top 4% 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 Shenzhen?

Each dot is one of Shenzhen’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). Shenzhen’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Shenzhen's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Shenzhen University received 153 grants versus 61 in 2015–2019 (+151% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 40 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class G06T accounts for 18.8% of the portfolio across 133 subclasses. Volume neighbours: BMC Software, Inc. (#1,676) and Beckman Coulter, Inc. (#1,684).

Shenzhen's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shenzhen University moved from 82 to 101 grants (1.23x 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 #732. See the growth leaderboard.

BMC Software

245
Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Kandou Labs

245
Microstrategy Inc…

245
Telecom Italia S…

245
The Mitre

245
Shenzhen Universi… ◀

245
Airbus Defence AN…

244
Beckman Coulter

244

What this shows Shenzhen holds 245 patents at rank #1,680, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shenzhen

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,680 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shenzhen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Shenzhen ranks #333 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. 59 Milliken & Company 59 Upm-kymmene Corporation 59 Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.9 here).

Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch 10.9 avg Mary KAY Inc 10.9 avg Topcon Corporation 10.9 avg Hoya Lens Thailand Ltd. 10.9 avg

Shenzhen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Shenzhen University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.0%
2016	7	2.9%
2017	10	4.1%
2018	9	3.7%
2019	30	12.2%
2020	22	9.0%
2021	30	12.2%
2022	28	11.4%
2023	40	16.3%
2024	33	13.5%
2025partial year	31	12.7%

Which technologies does Shenzhen University patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 46

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 37

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 33

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 28

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 15

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 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 11

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 9

Top 15 of 133 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

Shenzhen University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shenzhen University's lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 18.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #1,680 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shenzhen University against BMC Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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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