Where does Tsinghua University rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tsinghua University ranks #214 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 Tsinghua University hold?

Tsinghua University holds 1,881 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 289 technology areas.

What is Tsinghua University's Innovation Score?

Tsinghua University has an Innovation Score of 64.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Tsinghua University's recent grant velocity is -18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

Tsinghua University's patents average 14.1 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 Tsinghua 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

Tsinghua University

Q: What technology areas does Tsinghua University focus on?

Tsinghua University's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 304 patents. Grants appear in 289 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,881 granted patents across 289 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tsinghua ranks #214 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,881 patents across 289 technology areas.

#214
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.9/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R214 · Foreign Corporation #214 · 1,881 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #214/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Microsoft
CPC-BROAD Y02E · 289 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microsoft Corporation (±1 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
Dolby Laboratories… · near

65
Salesforce com · near

65
Advanced Energy… · near

65
Rockwool A/S · near

65
Tsinghua University · this assignee

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tsinghua's Innovation Score is 64.9/100 (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.

How Tsinghua's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Tsinghua University received 811 grants versus 985 in 2015–2019 (-18% equal-window velocity, at median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 214 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 133. Lead class Y02E accounts for 16.2% of the portfolio across 289 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sonos, Inc. (#210) and The Nielsen Company (US), LLC (#218).

Tsinghua's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tsinghua University moved from 564 to 457 grants (0.81x 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 #1,811. See the growth leaderboard.

Sonos

1,911
Waymo

1,901
Bridgestone

1,895
L'oreal

1,890
Tsinghua Universi… ◀

1,881
Microsoft

1,880
Splunk

1,859
Compagnie General…

1,844
The Nielsen (US)

1,844

What this shows Tsinghua holds 1,881 patents at rank #214, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tsinghua

By rank, the assignees closest to #214 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 65 Rockwool A/S 65 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 65 Salesforce.com, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.1 here).

Delphi Technologies IP Limited 14.1 avg AUO Corporation 14.1 avg Moteurs Leroy-Somer 14.1 avg Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University 14.1 avg

Tsinghua'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

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

Tsinghua University patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	205	10.9%
2016	214	11.4%
2017	209	11.1%
2018	147	7.8%
2019	210	11.2%
2020	190	10.1%
2021	164	8.7%
2022	184	9.8%
2023	140	7.4%
2024	133	7.1%
2025partial year	85	4.5%

Which technologies does Tsinghua University patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 304

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 241

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 204

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 203

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 164

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 164

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 150

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 109

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 104

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 104

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 100

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 98

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 86

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 84

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 83

Top 15 of 289 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#214

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.9 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

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

Tsinghua University's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 16.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #214 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 64.9/100 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

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