Where does The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ranks #1,309 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 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hold?

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology holds 324 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 155 technology areas.

What is The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Innovation Score?

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has an Innovation Score of 63.2 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%).

Is The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's recent grant velocity is +4% 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 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's patents?

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's patents average 17.2 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 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Q: What technology areas does The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology focus on?

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 51 patents, ranking #283 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 155 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 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 - 324 granted patents across 155 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #1,309 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 324 patents across 155 technology areas.

#1,309
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.2/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1309 · Foreign Corporation #1,309 · 324 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 324 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,309/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ablic
CPC-WIDE G01N · 155 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ablic 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 The’s 63.2 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 20.0 pts (32%) Velocity 7.9 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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iFIT · near

63
The Hong Kong… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 63.2/100 (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 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 17.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 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.

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology received 152 grants versus 146 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 37 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 21. Lead class G01N accounts for 15.7% of the portfolio across 155 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC (#1,305) and Rosemount Inc. (#1,313).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology moved from 79 to 94 grants (1.19x 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 #797. See the growth leaderboard.

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324
Crown Equipment

323
Rosemount

323

What this shows The holds 324 patents at rank #1,309, 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 #1,309 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), The ranks #283 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 63 iFIT Inc. 63 Aerostar International LLC 63 Sprint Communications Company, L.P. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. 17.2 avg Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH 17.2 avg MicroVention, Inc. 17.2 avg Sorin CRM SAS 17.2 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	11.4%
2016	33	10.2%
2017	29	9.0%
2018	26	8.0%
2019	21	6.5%
2020	26	8.0%
2021	32	9.9%
2022	29	9.0%
2023	35	10.8%
2024	30	9.3%
2025partial year	26	8.0%

Which technologies does The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 51

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 36

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 32

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 31

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 27

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 23

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 22

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

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 17

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 16

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

Top 15 of 155 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

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 15.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #1,309 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology against Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.2/100 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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