Overall rank by patents
#4,688
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 75 granted patents across 81 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: B60L (Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic SU).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Southwest ranks #4,688 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 75 patents across 81 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4688 · Foreign Corporation #4,688 · 75 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Sargent Manufacturing Company (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Shure Acquisition… · near
65 score
Motorola Solutions · near
65 score
Hologic · near
65 score
ResMed · near
65 score
Southwest Jiaotong… · this assignee
65 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Southwest's Innovation Score is 65.1/100 (top 1% 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.
Between 2020–2024, Southwest Jiaotong University received 57 grants versus 3 in 2015–2019 (+1800% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 19 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 1. Lead class B60L accounts for 20% of the portfolio across 81 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sargent Manufacturing Company (#4,686) and Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (#4,694).
Southwest Jiaotong University shows 47 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Sargent Manufacturing Company
75 patents
Shoei Co., Ltd.
75 patents
SK Hynix Memory Solutions Inc.
75 patents
Sparkcognition, Inc
75 patents
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
75 patents
Technogym S.P.A.
75 patents
Tescom Corporation
75 patents
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
75 patents
Southwest Jiaotong University
75 patents
What this shows Southwest holds 75 patents at rank #4,690, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,690 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Southwest's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Southwest, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.6 here).
Southwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 2.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 3 | 4.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | 9.3% |
| 2022 | 10 | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 19 | 25.3% |
| 2024 | 18 | 24.0% |
| 2025partial year | 15 | 20.0% |
Top 15 of 81 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#4,688
of 49,997 tracked assignees
65.1 out of 100
What to do with this data
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Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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