Overall rank by patents
#7,225
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Zhejiang ranks #7,225 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 31 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7225 · Foreign Corporation #7,225 · 46 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: I-pro 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Evoqua Water · near
61 score
Carl Zeiss SMS · near
61 score
Epistar · near
61 score
Saf-holland · near
61 score
Zhejiang Sanhua Inte… · this assignee
61 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,225 of 50,000; Innovation Score 61.4/100 sits in the top 3% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is I-pro Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd has been granted 46 US utility patents between 2017 and 2024, placing Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd at #7,225 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 31 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in F25B (REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS). As a Foreign Corporation, Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Zhejiang sits between Worldwise, Inc. (46 patents, rank #7,218) and 24/7 Customer, Inc. (45 patents, rank #7,226) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.4/100 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 41 grants, compared with 5 in the 2015–2019 window, a +720% 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 Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd's 13.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 31 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 ◀
Worldwise, Inc.
46 patents
Xandr Inc.
46 patents
YAMASHITA RUBBER CO., LTD.
46 patents
ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
46 patents
ZaiNar, Inc.
46 patents
Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
46 patents
i-PRO Co., Ltd.
46 patents
ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
46 patents
24/7 CUSTOMER, INC.
45 patents
What this shows Zhejiang holds 46 patents at rank #7,222, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,222 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Zhejiang's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zhejiang, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).
Zhejiang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2021 | 6 | 13.0% |
| 2022 | 11 | 23.9% |
| 2023 | 10 | 21.7% |
| 2024 | 13 | 28.3% |
Top 15 of 31 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,225
of 50,000 tracked assignees
61.4 out of 100
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