Where does Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. ranks #3,644 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 Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. hold?

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.4 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.5 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 Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor 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

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils) with 40 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 39 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: H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zhongshan ranks #3,644 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 39 technology areas.

#3,644
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.4/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3644 · Foreign Corporation #3,644 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,644/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermo Fisher…
CPC-FOCUS H02P · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermo Fisher Scientific 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CTS · near

50
University of Macau · near

50
Zhongshan Broad-ocea… · this assignee

50
Abb Vie Deutschland… · near

50
Bemis Associates · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zhongshan's Innovation Score is 50.4/100 (top 13% 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 Zhongshan's grants concentrate

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 39.6% of grants classified under H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (16 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2021. By volume, Zhongshan sits between Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GMBH & Co. Betriebs KG.

Zhongshan's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. moved from 30 to 19 grants (0.63x 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 #2,356. See the growth leaderboard.

Thermo Fisher Sci…

101
Vetco Gray

101
Wahl Clipper

101
West Virginia Uni…

101
ZTE (USA)

101
Zimmer Spine

101
Zhongshan Broad-o… ◀

101
ABB S P A

100
Arnold & Richter…

100

What this shows Zhongshan holds 101 patents at rank #3,644, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zhongshan

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,644 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

CTS Corporation 50 University of Macau 50 Abb Vie Deutschland Gmbh & Co. KG 50 Bemis Associates, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Plastipak Packaging, Inc. 13.5 avg Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. 13.5 avg Komax Holding AG 13.5 avg Faurecia Interieur Industrie 13.5 avg

Zhongshan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	6.9%
2016	11	10.9%
2017	16	15.8%
2018	12	11.9%
2019	16	15.8%
2020	9	8.9%
2021	5	5.0%
2022	8	7.9%
2023	6	5.9%
2024	5	5.0%
2025partial year	6	5.9%

Which technologies does Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. patent most?

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 40

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 38

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 27

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 18

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 16

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 7

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,644

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.4 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

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H02P (Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils), 39.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02P
Ranked #3,644 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zhongshan Broad-ocean Motor Co., Ltd. against Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.4/100 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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