Where does Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research ranks #472 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 Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research hold?

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research holds 939 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 195 technology areas.

What is Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's Innovation Score?

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research has an Innovation Score of 62.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's patents?

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's patents average 16.0 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

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research

Q: What technology areas does Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research focus on?

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 271 patents. Grants appear in 195 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research 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 - 939 granted patents across 195 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agency ranks #472 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 939 patents across 195 technology areas.

#472
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.1/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R472 · Foreign Corporation #472 · 939 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 939 grants
TOP-DECILE #472/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Midea Group
CPC-WIDE A61K · 195 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Midea Group Co., Ltd. (±2 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
Thomson Licensing · near

62
Agency FOR Science… · this assignee

62
Hanon Systems · near

62
Suzhou Lekin… · near

62
Toshiba Memory · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agency's Innovation Score is 62.1/100 (top 3% 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.

How Agency's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research received 350 grants versus 536 in 2015–2019 (-35% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 118 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 47. Lead class A61K accounts for 28.9% of the portfolio across 195 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hand Held Products, Inc. (#468) and IHI Corporation (#476).

Agency's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research moved from 297 to 171 grants (0.58x 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 #2,504. See the growth leaderboard.

Hand Held Products

946
NCR

942
Midea Group

941
Uber

941
Agency FOR Scienc… ◀

939
Fujikura

933
Wacom

933
Lumileds

930
IHI

928

What this shows Agency holds 939 patents at rank #472, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agency

By rank, the assignees closest to #472 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Hanon Systems 62 Toshiba Memory Corporation 62 Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 62 Thomson Licensing 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Institute FOR Information Industry 16.0 avg Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 16.0 avg Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 16.0 avg Hutchinson 16.0 avg

Agency's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	105	11.2%
2016	109	11.6%
2017	92	9.8%
2018	112	11.9%
2019	118	12.6%
2020	88	9.4%
2021	91	9.7%
2022	64	6.8%
2023	60	6.4%
2024	47	5.0%
2025partial year	53	5.6%

Which technologies does Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 271

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 231

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 163

C07K - Peptides 143

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 142

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 90

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 71

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 57

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 56

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 56

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 50

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 49

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 49

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 46

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 45

Top 15 of 195 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#472

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.1 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

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 28.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #472 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agency FOR Science, Technology AND Research against Hand Held Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.1/100 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

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