Where does South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences ranks #37,639 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patents?

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patents average 5.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences

Q: How many patents does South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences hold?

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 13 technology areas.

Q: What is South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's Innovation Score?

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: How is the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, South ranks #37,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 13 technology areas.

#37,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 5.9
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37639 · Foreign Corporation #37,639 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Solvay Acetow
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Solvay Acetow GmbH (±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 South’s 23.4 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 7.2 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (54%) Claim depth 3.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hobie Cat · near

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South China… · this assignee

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Momentive Performanc… · near

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Incuron · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows South's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th 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 South?

Each dot is one of South’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). South’s own 5.9 claims/patent is at or below the 10.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where South's grants concentrate

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, South sits between Solvay Acetow GmbH and SP Technology Co., Ltd..

Solvay Acetow

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7
Soteria Industries

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Soundbite Communi…

7
Southern Medical…

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Southern Plant Gr…

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Sovema Group S P A

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SP Technology

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South China Botan… ◀

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What this shows South holds 7 patents at rank #37,459, 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 #37,459 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), South ranks #1,524 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

K2 Energy Solutions, Inc. 23 Momentive Performance Materials Korea Co., Ltd. 23 Incuron, Inc. 23 Hobie Cat Company 23

South's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	4	57.1%

Which technologies does South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

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 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

Top 13 of 13 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

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #37,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy OF Sciences against Solvay Acetow GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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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