Where does Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) ranks #15,892 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 Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) hold?

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s Innovation Score?

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s patents?

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s patents average 21.9 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

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)

Q: What technology areas does Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) focus on?

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s top technology area is B23P (Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools) with 3 patents, ranking #203 of 1,028 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) 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 - 18 granted patents across 34 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: B23P (Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Centre ranks #15,892 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 34 technology areas.

#15,892
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15892 · Foreign Corporation #15,892 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,892/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cartiva
CPC-FOCUS B23P · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cartiva, 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 Centre’s 43.9 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 10.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.6 pts (47%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre DE Recherche… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Centre's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Centre?

Each dot is one of Centre’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). Centre’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Centre's grants concentrate

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under B23P (Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Centre sits between Cartiva, Inc. and CIG Photonics Japan Limited.

Cartiva

18
Celadon Systems

18
Celine

18
Centralesupelec

18
Chirp Microsystems

18
Chryso

18
Chung HUA Univers…

18
CIG Photonics Jap…

18
Centre DE Recherc… ◀

18

What this shows Centre holds 18 patents at rank #15,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Centre

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23P (Metal-working)

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

Centre's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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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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Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	5	27.8%
2017	5	27.8%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	1	5.6%
2020	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) patent most?

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

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

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B01D - Separation 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

Top 15 of 34 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

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ)'s lead technology class is B23P (Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23P
Ranked #15,892 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Centre DE Recherche Industrielle DU Quebec (CRIQ) against Cartiva, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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