Where does C-lecta GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C-lecta GMBH ranks #16,660 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 C-lecta GMBH hold?

C-lecta GMBH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is C-lecta GMBH's Innovation Score?

C-lecta GMBH has an Innovation Score of 38.2 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is C-lecta GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C-lecta GMBH's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for C-lecta GMBH's patents?

C-lecta GMBH's patents average 21.5 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 C-lecta GMBH 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

C-lecta GMBH

Q: What technology areas does C-lecta GMBH focus on?

C-lecta GMBH's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 17 patents, ranking #632 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, C-lecta ranks #16,660 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,660
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16660 · Foreign Corporation #16,660 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,660/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bright Energy…
CPC-NARROW C12N · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP (±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 C-lecta’s 38.2 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 10.0 pts (26%) Velocity 4.8 pts (13%) Breadth 10.6 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C-lecta · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C-lecta's Innovation Score is 38.2/100 (top 41% 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 C-lecta?

Each dot is one of C-lecta’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). C-lecta’s own 21.5 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.

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

Where C-lecta's grants concentrate

C-lecta GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, C-lecta sits between Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP and Carter-hoffmann LLC.

C-lecta's three-year grant acceleration

C-lecta GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Bright Energy Sto…

17
Bripco Bvba

17
Bruker Cellular A…

17
Buyers Products

17
Calb Technology

17
Cambia Health Sol…

17
Cane-line A/S

17
Carter-hoffmann

17
C-lecta ◀

17

What this shows C-lecta holds 17 patents at rank #16,660, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near C-lecta

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,660 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in C-lecta's primary technology class.

C-lecta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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C-lecta GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	11.8%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	3	17.6%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	1	5.9%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does C-lecta GMBH patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 17

C12Y - Enzymes 14

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 12

C07K - Peptides 2

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 1

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 1

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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C-lecta GMBH's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #16,660 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C-lecta GMBH against Bright Energy Storage Technologies, LLP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.2/100 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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