Where does Clever Culture Systems, AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Clever Culture Systems, AG ranks #45,729 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 Clever Culture Systems, AG hold?

Clever Culture Systems, AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Clever Culture Systems, AG's Innovation Score?

Clever Culture Systems, AG has an Innovation Score of 15.2 out of 100 (3rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Clever Culture Systems, AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Clever Culture Systems, AG's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Clever Culture Systems, AG's patents?

Clever Culture Systems, AG's patents average 4.8 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.

How is the Clever Culture Systems, AG 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

Clever Culture Systems, AG

Q: What technology areas does Clever Culture Systems, AG focus on?

Clever Culture Systems, AG's top technology area is 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) with 2 patents, ranking #372 of 832 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: 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 Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Clever ranks #45,729 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#45,729
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 3rd percentile
by Innovation Score (15.2/100): 4.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45729 · Foreign Corporation #45,729 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,729/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clear Innovation
CPC-NARROW C12M · 3 areas
INNOV-LOW 15.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clear Innovation LLC (±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 Clever’s 15.2 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 6.2 pts (41%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 2.9 pts (19%)

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What this shows Clever's Innovation Score is 15.2/100 (3rd percentile 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 Clever?

Each dot is one of Clever’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). Clever’s own 4.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Clever's grants concentrate

Clever Culture Systems, AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under 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 Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Clever sits between Clear Innovation LLC and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited.

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What this shows Clever holds 5 patents at rank #45,576, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Clever

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,576 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

Clever's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

15 3rd percentile higher than 3% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Clever Culture Systems, AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	60.0%
2021	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Clever Culture Systems, AG patent most?

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

Top 3 of 3 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

Clever Culture Systems, AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Clever Culture Systems, AG's lead technology class is 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 Ferme), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #45,729 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Clever Culture Systems, AG against Clear Innovation LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 15.2/100 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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