Where does Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH ranks #16,684 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 Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH hold?

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's Innovation Score?

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's patents?

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's patents average 13.9 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.

How is the Chr. Hansen HMO 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

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH focus on?

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 15 patents, ranking #128 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2024. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chr. ranks #16,684 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,684
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16684 · Foreign Corporation #16,684 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,684/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chengdu Vistar…
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2024 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chengdu Vistar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (±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 Chr.’s 52.0 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 (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 13.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advantest Test… · near

52
Chr Hansen HMO · this assignee

52
Latham Pool Products · near

52
THE University OF… · near

52
Unifrax I · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chr.'s Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Chr.?

Each dot is one of Chr.’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). Chr.’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Chr.'s grants concentrate

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Chr. sits between Chengdu Vistar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. and Cloudparc, Inc..

Chr.'s three-year grant acceleration

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH shows 17 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.

Chengdu Vistar Op…

17
Chi Hua Fitness

17
China Pacificarbi…

17
Choice Spine

17
Chromadex

17
Ciambella

17
Clayton

17
Cloudparc

17
Chr Hansen HMO ◀

17

What this shows Chr. holds 17 patents at rank #16,698, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chr

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Chr, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), Chr ranks #128 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Latham Pool Products, Inc. 52 Advantest Test Solutions, Inc. 52 Unifrax I LLC 52 THE University OF Ottawa 52

Chr.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	2	11.8%
2023	7	41.2%
2024	8	47.1%

Which technologies does Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 11

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 11

C12Y - Enzymes 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

C07K - Peptides 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH's lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #16,684 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chr. Hansen HMO GmbH against Chengdu Vistar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.