Where does Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg ranks #34,084 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 Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg hold?

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's Innovation Score?

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's patents?

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's patents average 18.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg

Q: What technology areas does Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg focus on?

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg 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 PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Adolphe ranks #34,084 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 14 technology areas.

#34,084
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34084 · Foreign Corporation #34,084 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,084/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adaptive Surface
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adaptive Surface Technologies, 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
Adolphe Merkle… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Adolphe's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 Adolphe's grants concentrate

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Adolphe sits between Adaptive Surface Technologies, Inc. and Advanced Plating, Inc..

Adolphe's three-year grant acceleration

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Adolphe holds 7 patents at rank #34,069, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Adolphe

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,069 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Adolphe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

C07K - Peptides 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#34,084

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.1 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

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #34,084 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Adolphe Merkle Institute, University OF Fribourg against Adaptive Surface Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.