Overall rank by patents
#2,470
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 109 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, C.r.f. ranks #2,470 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 109 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2470 · Foreign Corporation #2,470 · 158 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Akebono Brake Industry 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
C R F Societa'… · this assignee
53 score
Dreamwell · near
53 score
Electric Power… · near
53 score
Reliance Industries · near
53 score
Roblox · near
53 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows C.r.f.'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.
Between 2020–2024, C.R.F. Societa' Consortile PER Azioni received 59 grants versus 91 in 2015–2019 (-35% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 8. Lead class Y02T accounts for 17.1% of the portfolio across 109 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Touchtunes Music Company, LLC (#2,466) and Harbin Institute OF Technology (#2,474).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, C.R.F. Societa' Consortile PER Azioni moved from 48 to 29 grants (0.60x 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 #2,437. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Touchtunes Music Company, LLC
159 patents
UDC Ireland Limited
159 patents
Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
159 patents
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
158 patents
Docusign, Inc.
158 patents
Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd.
158 patents
Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
158 patents
Harbin Institute OF Technology
158 patents
C.R.F. Societa' Consortile PER Azioni
158 patents
What this shows C.R.F. holds 158 patents at rank #2,470, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,470 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in CRF's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CRF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.2 here).
C.r.f.'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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | 15.8% |
| 2016 | 16 | 10.1% |
| 2017 | 19 | 12.0% |
| 2018 | 13 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 18 | 11.4% |
| 2020 | 17 | 10.8% |
| 2021 | 13 | 8.2% |
| 2022 | 13 | 8.2% |
| 2023 | 8 | 5.1% |
| 2024 | 8 | 5.1% |
| 2025partial year | 8 | 5.1% |
Top 15 of 109 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,470
of 49,997 tracked assignees
53.2 out of 100
What to do with this data
C.R.F. Societa' Consortile PER Azioni's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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