Overall rank by patents
#14,410
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 40 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: B63B (SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Zhejiang ranks #14,410 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 40 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14410 · Foreign Corporation #14,410 · 21 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Zanini AUTO GRUP, S.a. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Zhejiang Ocean Unive… · this assignee
55 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Zhejiang Ocean University stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-SPARSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,410 of 50,000; Innovation Score 54.9/100 sits in the top 7% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Zanini AUTO GRUP, S.a. (±0 grants).
Zhejiang Ocean University has been granted 21 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Zhejiang Ocean University at #14,410 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 40 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 7.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in B63B (SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING). As a Foreign Corporation, Zhejiang Ocean University is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Zhejiang sits between Zanini AUTO GRUP, S.a. (21 patents, rank #14,401) and Zhejiang Normal University (21 patents, rank #14,409) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 16 grants, compared with 3 in the 2015–2019 window, a +433% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Zhejiang Ocean University's 7.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 40 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ZANINI AUTO GRUP, S.A.
21 patents
ZEAVISION LLC
21 patents
ZENSEACT AB
21 patents
ZEV Technologies, LLC
21 patents
ZOBELE ESPAÑA, S.A.
21 patents
Zapata Computing, Inc.
21 patents
ZestFinance, Inc.
21 patents
Zhejiang Normal University
21 patents
ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY
21 patents
What this shows Zhejiang holds 21 patents at rank #14,405, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,405 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Zhejiang's primary technology class.
Zhejiang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2019 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2020 | 1 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2022 | 7 | 33.3% |
| 2023 | 4 | 19.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 9.5% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 9.5% |
Top 15 of 40 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,410
of 50,000 tracked assignees
54.9 out of 100
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