Where does Southeast University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southeast University ranks #1,325 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 Southeast University hold?

Southeast University holds 320 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 156 technology areas.

What is Southeast University's Innovation Score?

Southeast University has an Innovation Score of 64.5 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Southeast University focus on?

Southeast University's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 52 patents, ranking #940 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 156 CPC subclasses total.

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

Southeast University's recent grant velocity is +335% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Southeast University's patents average 7.9 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 Southeast 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

Southeast University

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 320 granted patents across 156 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Southeast ranks #1,325 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 320 patents across 156 technology areas.

#1,325
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.5/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +335%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1325 · Foreign Corporation #1,325 · 320 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 320 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,325/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Converse
CPC-WIDE G06F · 156 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +335% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Converse 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 Southeast’s 64.5 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 19.9 pts (31%) Velocity 14.8 pts (23%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National Institute… · near

64
Southeast University · this assignee

64
The Swatch Group… · near

64
Uber · near

64
Research & Business… · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southeast's Innovation Score is 64.5/100 (top 2% 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 Southeast?

Each dot is one of Southeast’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). Southeast’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Southeast's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Southeast University received 222 grants versus 51 in 2015–2019 (+335% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 68 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 5. Lead class G06F accounts for 16.3% of the portfolio across 156 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Tokyo Institute of Technology (#1,320) and Itron, Inc. (#1,328).

Southeast's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Southeast University moved from 74 to 164 grants (2.22x 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 #165. See the growth leaderboard.

Tokyo Institute o…

322
Coplus

321
Nchain Licensing

321
Converse

320
Sumco

320
Sandia

320
Southeast Univers… ◀

320
Amkor Technology

319
Itron

319

What this shows Southeast holds 320 patents at rank #1,324, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Southeast

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,324 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Southeast, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Southeast ranks #940 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd 64 Uber Technologies, Inc. 64 National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy 64 Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.9 here).

Takara BIO Inc. 7.9 avg NHK Spring Co., Ltd. 7.9 avg Kabushiki Kaisha Pilot Corporation 7.9 avg Midmark Corporation 7.9 avg

Southeast's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

View data table

Southeast University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	2.2%
2016	5	1.6%
2017	13	4.1%
2018	10	3.1%
2019	16	5.0%
2020	16	5.0%
2021	42	13.1%
2022	39	12.2%
2023	57	17.8%
2024	68	21.3%
2025partial year	47	14.7%

Which technologies does Southeast University patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 52

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 31

H04B - Transmission 25

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 21

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 20

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 19

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 14

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 14

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 13

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

Top 15 of 156 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Southeast University's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 16.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,325 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southeast University against Tokyo Institute of Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.5/100 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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