Where does Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest ranks #3,367 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 Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest hold?

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest holds 110 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's Innovation Score?

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest has an Innovation Score of 53.2 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest focus on?

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 42 patents, ranking #535 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's recent grant velocity is +36% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's patents?

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's patents average 11.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest

Q: How is the Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 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 - 110 granted patents across 43 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Centre ranks #3,367 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 110 patents across 43 technology areas.

#3,367
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3367 · Foreign Corporation #3,367 · 110 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 110 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,367/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Albert-Ludwigs-Unive…
CPC-WIDE A61K · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg (±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 53.2 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 16.3 pts (31%) Velocity 6.7 pts (13%) Breadth 23.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre Hospitalier… · this assignee

53
Chroma ATE · near

53
Hendrickson USA L L C · near

53
STMicroelectronics… · near

53
The Sherwin-Williams · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Centre's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (top 9% 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 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Centre's grants concentrate

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 38.2% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (18 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Centre sits between VigNet Incorporated and Experian Information Solutions, Inc..

Centre's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest moved from 35 to 35 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,188. See the growth leaderboard.

Vignet Incorporat…

111
Vornado Air

111
Albert-ludwigs-un…

110
Boston Scientific

110
Cepheid

110
Educational Testi…

110
Enza Zaden Beheer…

110
Experian Informat…

110
Centre Hospitalie… ◀

110

What this shows Centre holds 110 patents at rank #3,367, 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 #3,367 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Centre, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Centre ranks #535 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Chroma ATE Inc. 53 STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd. 53 Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. 53 The Sherwin-Williams Company 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH 11.8 avg Valmont Industries, Inc. 11.8 avg Canoo Technologies Inc. 11.8 avg Harting Electronics GmbH 11.8 avg

Centre's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	3.6%
2016	9	8.2%
2017	12	10.9%
2018	11	10.0%
2019	9	8.2%
2020	15	13.6%
2021	11	10.0%
2022	18	16.4%
2023	5	4.5%
2024	12	10.9%
2025partial year	4	3.6%

Which technologies does Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 42

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 37

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 27

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 27

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 26

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

C07K - Peptides 17

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

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 7

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

Top 15 of 43 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 Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 38.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,367 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest against VigNet Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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.

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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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