Where does Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. ranks #11,878 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 Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. hold?

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.1 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 Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. 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

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. focus on?

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 20 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Xuzhou ranks #11,878 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 16 technology areas.

#11,878
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11878 · Foreign Corporation #11,878 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,878/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Xrspace
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Xrspace 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Caffitaly System S P A · near

36
Sonic IP · near

36
Xuzhou Heavy Machinery · this assignee

36
Tanaka Chemical · near

36
THE Hi-tech Robotic… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Xuzhou's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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.

Where Xuzhou's grants concentrate

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Xuzhou sits between Xrspace Co., Ltd. and Yotrio Group Co., Ltd..

Xuzhou's three-year grant acceleration

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. shows 4 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.

Xrspace

26
Xuanzhu Pharma

26
Xwpharma

26
Xylo

26
Yaskawa America

26
Yazaki Energy Sys…

26
Yoti Holding

26
Yotrio Group

26
Xuzhou Heavy Mach… ◀

26

What this shows Xuzhou holds 26 patents at rank #11,880, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Xuzhou

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,880 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Caffitaly System S.P.A. 36 Sonic IP, LLC 36 Tanaka Chemical Corporation 36 THE Hi-tech Robotic Systemz Ltd 36

Xuzhou's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.8%
2017	3	11.5%
2018	6	23.1%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	4	15.4%
2021	2	7.7%
2022	2	7.7%
2023	2	7.7%
2025partial year	1	3.8%

Which technologies does Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 20

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 9

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 3

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

F16H - Gearing 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 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

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,878

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.8 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

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #11,878 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. against Xrspace Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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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