Where does Areva NC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Areva NC ranks #11,545 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 Areva NC hold?

Areva NC holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Areva NC's Innovation Score?

Areva NC has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Areva NC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Areva NC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Areva NC's patents?

Areva NC's patents average 17.8 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 Areva NC 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

Areva NC

Q: What technology areas does Areva NC focus on?

Areva NC's top technology area is G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor) with 11 patents, ranking #16 of 199 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Areva ranks #11,545 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 35 technology areas.

#11,545
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11545 · Foreign Corporation #11,545 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,545/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Piledriving…
CPC-FOCUS G21F · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Piledriving Equipment, 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.

How Areva’s 56.3 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 11.4 pts (20%) Velocity 13.3 pts (24%) Breadth 20.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
University Of Basel · near

56
Areva NC · this assignee

56
DK Crown Holdings · near

56
Keyence · near

56
Inventus Holdings · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Areva's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 Areva?

Each dot is one of Areva’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). Areva’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Areva's grants concentrate

Areva NC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 42.3% of grants classified under G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Areva sits between American Piledriving Equipment, Inc. and Armis Security Ltd..

Areva's three-year grant acceleration

Areva NC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

American Piledriv…

26
Ancora Heart

26
Apex Tactical Spe…

26
Ares

26
Ariat Internation…

26
Arisdyne Systems

26
Arizona Board of…

26
Armis Security

26
Areva NC ◀

26

What this shows Areva holds 26 patents at rank #11,555, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Areva

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,555 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G21F (Protection Against X-radiation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Areva, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G21F (Protection Against X-radiation), Areva ranks #16 of 199 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

DK Crown Holdings Inc. 56 Keyence Corporation 56 University Of Basel 56 Inventus Holdings, LLC 56

Areva's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Areva NC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	46.2%
2016	3	11.5%
2017	7	26.9%
2018	2	7.7%
2022	2	7.7%

Which technologies does Areva NC patent most?

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 11

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 7

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 4

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

B30B - Presses IN General 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

Top 15 of 35 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

Areva NC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Areva NC's lead technology class is G21F (Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor), 42.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G21F
Ranked #11,545 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Areva NC against American Piledriving Equipment, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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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