TABLE 1.
Leading COVID-19 patent assignees.
| Rank | Assignee | DWPI families | Patent files | Average | Type |
| 1 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences | 62 | 63 | 1.02 | A&G |
| 2 | PLA Academy of Military Medical Sciences | 53 | 53 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 3 | Sun Yat-sen University | 44 | 45 | 1.02 | A&G |
| 4 | Fudan University | 28 | 32 | 1.14 | A&G |
| 5 | West China Hospital Sichuan University | 27 | 28 | 1.04 | A&G |
| 6 | Chongqing Medical University | 27 | 27 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 7 | Suntrap Life Technologies Ltd. | 19 | 19 | 1.00 | C |
| 8 | Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention | 16 | 16 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 9 | Zhejiang University | 13 | 15 | 1.15 | A&G |
| 10 | Tsinghua University | 14 | 14 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 11 | Lovely Professional University | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | A&G |
| 12 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 13 | 14 | 1.08 | A&G |
| 13 | Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention | 13 | 13 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 14 | Peking University | 13 | 13 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 15 | Jilin University | 10 | 13 | 1.30 | A&G |
| 16 | Bioscience (Tianjin) Diagnostic Technology Co., Ltd. | 12 | 12 | 1.00 | C |
| 17 | Shanghai National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Co., Ltd. | 12 | 12 | 1.00 | C |
| 18 | ACROBiosystems Co., Ltd. | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | C |
| 19 | Dalian Polytechnic University | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 20 | Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | A&G |
| 21 | Rigel Pharmaceuticals | 7 | 11 | 1.57 | C |
C, commercial assignee; A&G, industrial and academic assignee; Average, Average number of patents per DWPI family.
Type: Institutional type of assignee.