Where does THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen ranks #21,895 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 THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen hold?

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's Innovation Score?

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen has an Innovation Score of 52.1 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen.

What does claim depth mean for THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's patents?

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's patents average 11.9 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

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Q: What technology areas does THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen focus on?

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's top technology area is H03B (Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits) with 2 patents, ranking #56 of 194 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen 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 - 13 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: H03B (Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #21,895 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 20 technology areas.

#21,895
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.1/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21895 · Foreign Corporation #21,895 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,895/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TES
CPC-FOCUS H03B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TES 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.

How THE’s 52.1 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 9.1 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 15.8 pts (30%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THE Chinese… · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 52.1/100 (top 11% 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 THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 15.4% of grants classified under H03B (Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, THE sits between TES Co., Ltd and Theta Lake, Inc..

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

TES

13
Textor Maschinenb…

13
THD S P A

13
THE Board OF Trus…

13
THE Diller

13
THE European Atom…

13
Theranica Bio-

13
Theta Lake

13
THE Chinese Unive… ◀

13

What this shows THE holds 13 patents at rank #21,880, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,880 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03B (Generation OF Oscillations)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	7	53.8%
2024	4	30.8%
2025partial year	2	15.4%

Which technologies does THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen patent most?

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

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 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen's lead technology class is H03B (Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits), 15.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03B
Ranked #21,895 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Chinese University OF Hong Kong, Shenzhen against TES Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.