Where does South China Agricultural University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), South China Agricultural University ranks #12,234 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does South China Agricultural University hold?

South China Agricultural University holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is South China Agricultural University's Innovation Score?

South China Agricultural University has an Innovation Score of 60.8 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 South China Agricultural University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

South China Agricultural University's recent grant velocity is +240% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for South China Agricultural University's patents?

South China Agricultural University's patents average 8.8 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 South China Agricultural 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

South China Agricultural University

Q: What technology areas does South China Agricultural University focus on?

South China Agricultural University's top technology area is Y02P (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 47 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: Y02P (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, South ranks #12,234 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 47 technology areas.

#12,234
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: +240%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12234 · Foreign Corporation #12,234 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,234/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SKYWORKS PANASONIC F…
CPC-WIDE Y02P · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +240% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Skyworks Panasonic Filter Solutions Japan 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hefei University Of… · near

61
South China Agricult… · this assignee

61
TCL Technology Group · near

61
Globeride · near

61
Xiamen Hithium Energ… · near

61
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows South China Agricultural University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,234 of 50,000; Innovation Score 60.8/100 sits in the top 3% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Skyworks Panasonic Filter Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

South China Agricultural University has been granted 25 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing South China Agricultural University at #12,234 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 47 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in Y02P (CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS). As a Foreign Corporation, South China Agricultural University is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, South sits between Skyworks Panasonic Filter Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. (25 patents, rank #12,215) and SSAB Technology AB (25 patents, rank #12,223) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 60.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 17 grants, compared with 5 in the 2015–2019 window, a +240% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. South China Agricultural University's 8.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 47 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Skyworks Panasoni…

25
SMIC New Technolo…

25
Solomon Systems

25
SONY Pictures

25
SPAL Automotive S…

25
SPD Swiss Precisi…

25
Speedlink Technol…

25
SSAB Technology AB

25
South China Agric… ◀

25

What this shows South holds 25 patents at rank #12,219, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near South

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,219 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

TCL Technology Group Corporation 61 Hefei University Of Technology 61 Globeride, Inc 61 Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd. 61

South's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

View data table

South China Agricultural University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	8.0%
2019	3	12.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2022	4	16.0%
2023	3	12.0%
2024	9	36.0%
2025partial year	3	12.0%

Which technologies does South China Agricultural University patent most?

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 5

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 5

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 4

C07K - PEPTIDES 4

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 4

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 3

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 3

C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE 3

A01N - PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF ; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES ; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS 2

C12Q - MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS ; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 2

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 2

C07D - HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 2

C10B - DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF GAS, COKE, TAR, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 2

Top 15 of 47 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#12,234

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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