Where does SUN Yat-sen University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SUN Yat-sen University ranks #3,862 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 SUN Yat-sen University hold?

SUN Yat-sen University holds 94 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 78 technology areas.

What is SUN Yat-sen University's Innovation Score?

SUN Yat-sen University has an Innovation Score of 56.5 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SUN Yat-sen University's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SUN Yat-sen University's recent grant velocity is +357% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SUN Yat-sen University's patents?

SUN Yat-sen University's patents average 10.4 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 SUN Yat-sen 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

SUN Yat-sen University

Q: What technology areas does SUN Yat-sen University focus on?

SUN Yat-sen University's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 20 patents. Grants appear in 78 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 94 granted patents across 78 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SUN ranks #3,862 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 94 patents across 78 technology areas.

#3,862
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.5/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: +357%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3862 · Foreign Corporation #3,862 · 94 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 94 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,862/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National University…
CPC-WIDE A61P · 78 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +357% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System (±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
Crrc Qingdao Sifang · near

56
Firestone Industrial… · near

56
Innio Jenbacher & OG · near

56
Prc-desoto Internati… · near

56
SUN Yat-sen University · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SUN's Innovation Score is 56.5/100 (top 6% 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.

How SUN's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SUN Yat-sen University received 64 grants versus 14 in 2015–2019 (+357% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 16 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1. Lead class A61P accounts for 21.3% of the portfolio across 78 subclasses. Volume neighbours: National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System (#3,854) and SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation (#3,862).

SUN's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SUN Yat-sen University moved from 28 to 40 grants (1.43x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

National Universi…

94
Plume Design

94
Riverbed Technolo…

94
Sanyo Chemical In…

94
Shanghai Huali In…

94
Skullcandy

94
Soundhound

94
Sportsmedia Techn…

94
SUN Yat-sen Unive… ◀

94

What this shows SUN holds 94 patents at rank #3,858, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SUN

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,858 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. 56 Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG 56 Prc-desoto International, Inc. 56 Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.4 here).

University OF Ulsan Foundation FOR Industry Cooperation 10.4 avg Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. 10.4 avg National Yang-ming University 10.4 avg West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 10.4 avg

SUN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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SUN Yat-sen University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.1%
2016	4	4.3%
2017	4	4.3%
2018	1	1.1%
2019	4	4.3%
2020	12	12.8%
2021	12	12.8%
2022	12	12.8%
2023	16	17.0%
2024	12	12.8%
2025partial year	16	17.0%

Which technologies does SUN Yat-sen University patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 20

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 19

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

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 4

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 3

Top 15 of 78 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,862

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

SUN Yat-sen University's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SUN Yat-sen University's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 21.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #3,862 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SUN Yat-sen University against National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education AND Research System, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.5/100 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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