Where does CTC Analytics Ag rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CTC Analytics Ag ranks #24,166 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does CTC Analytics Ag hold?

CTC Analytics Ag holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is CTC Analytics Ag's Innovation Score?

CTC Analytics Ag has an Innovation Score of 37.8 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is CTC Analytics Ag's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CTC Analytics 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 CTC Analytics Ag's patents?

CTC Analytics Ag's patents average 12.6 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 CTC Analytics 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

CTC Analytics Ag

Q: What technology areas does CTC Analytics Ag focus on?

CTC Analytics Ag's top technology area is G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CTC ranks #24,166 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 11 technology areas.

#24,166
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.8/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24166 · Foreign Corporation #24,166 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,166/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH CRRC QIQIHAR ROLLING…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CTC Analytics · this assignee

38
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows CTC's Innovation Score is 37.8/100 (top 42% 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.

Where CTC's grants concentrate

CTC Analytics Ag is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, CTC sits between CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. and Curbside Inc..

CTC's three-year grant acceleration

CTC Analytics Ag shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

CRRC Qiqihar Roll…

11
CSAA Insurance Se…

11
CSR Building Prod…

11
CT PACK S R L

11
CTC BIO

11
CTF Solar

11
Cudoquanta Florida

11
Curbside

11
CTC Analytics ◀

11

What this shows CTC holds 11 patents at rank #24,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CTC

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

CTC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CTC Analytics Ag patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%
2024	1	9.1%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does CTC Analytics Ag patent most?

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 9

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 2

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 1

B67B - APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS 1

G01F - MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS 1

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 1

B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING 1

B08B - CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,166

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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