Where does Areva NP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Areva NP ranks #5,141 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 NP hold?

Areva NP holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Areva NP's Innovation Score?

Areva NP has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Areva NP focus on?

Areva NP's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 46 patents, ranking #323 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

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

Areva NP's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 NP's patents?

Areva NP's patents average 14.7 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 NP 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 NP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 45 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Areva ranks #5,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 45 technology areas.

#5,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5141 · Foreign Corporation #5,141 · 67 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adey Holdings (2008)
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adey Holdings (2008) Limited (±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 47.1 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 14.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 23.7 pts (50%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Areva NP · this assignee

47
GC · near

47
The Hershey · near

47
Université Paris—Est… · near

47
Videojet · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Areva's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 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 NP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 68.7% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (15 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, Areva sits between Adey Holdings (2008) Limited and Aviatrix Systems, Inc..

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What this shows Areva holds 67 patents at rank #5,139, 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 #5,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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 Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Areva ranks #323 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

The Hershey Company 47 Videojet Technologies Inc. 47 GC Corporation 47 Université Paris—Est Créteil Val de Marne 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen 14.7 avg Innocom Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. 14.7 avg Silicon Works Co., Ltd. 14.7 avg Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 14.7 avg

Areva's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 · 2015–2020

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 NP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	16.4%
2016	13	19.4%
2017	13	19.4%
2018	15	22.4%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	6	9.0%

Which technologies does Areva NP patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 46

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 42

G21D - Nuclear Power Plant 10

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 5

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 5

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 4

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

Top 15 of 45 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 NP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Areva NP's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 68.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #5,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Areva NP against Adey Holdings (2008) Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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