Where does Agresearch Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agresearch Limited ranks #12,335 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 Agresearch Limited hold?

Agresearch Limited holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Agresearch Limited's Innovation Score?

Agresearch Limited has an Innovation Score of 46.1 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Agresearch Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agresearch Limited's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Agresearch Limited's patents?

Agresearch Limited's patents average 19.6 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 Agresearch Limited 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

Agresearch Limited

Q: What technology areas does Agresearch Limited focus on?

Agresearch Limited's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 14 patents, ranking #748 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 29 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agresearch ranks #12,335 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 29 technology areas.

#12,335
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.1/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12335 · Foreign Corporation #12,335 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,335/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ACP Japan
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ACP Japan 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.

How Agresearch’s 46.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 11.1 pts (24%) Velocity 4.2 pts (9%) Breadth 19.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agresearch · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agresearch's Innovation Score is 46.1/100 (top 22% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Agresearch?

Each dot is one of Agresearch’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Agresearch’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Agresearch vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Agresearch's grants concentrate

Agresearch Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Agresearch sits between ACP Japan Co., Ltd. and Allway Tools, Inc..

Agresearch's three-year grant acceleration

Agresearch Limited shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

ACP Japan

24
ACR II Glass Amer…

24
Actron Technology

24
AES Engineering

24
AI Alpine US Bidco

24
Aisin AW Industri…

24
Allseating

24
Allway Tools

24
Agresearch ◀

24

What this shows Agresearch holds 24 patents at rank #12,332, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agresearch

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,332 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Agresearch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Agresearch Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.3%
2016	2	8.3%
2017	1	4.2%
2018	5	20.8%
2019	2	8.3%
2020	3	12.5%
2021	3	12.5%
2022	2	8.3%
2023	1	4.2%
2024	2	8.3%
2025partial year	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Agresearch Limited patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

C07K - Peptides 7

C12Y - Enzymes 6

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 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

A23K - Fodder 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

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 1

Top 15 of 29 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Agresearch Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agresearch Limited's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #12,335 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agresearch Limited against ACP Japan Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.1/100 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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