Where does Danstar Ferment AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Danstar Ferment AG ranks #14,556 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 Danstar Ferment AG hold?

Danstar Ferment AG holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Danstar Ferment AG's Innovation Score?

Danstar Ferment AG has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Danstar Ferment AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Danstar Ferment AG's recent grant velocity is +1000% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Danstar Ferment AG's patents?

Danstar Ferment AG's patents average 18.2 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 Danstar Ferment 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

Danstar Ferment AG

Q: What technology areas does Danstar Ferment AG focus on?

Danstar Ferment AG's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 14 patents, ranking #748 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Danstar ranks #14,556 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 23 technology areas.

#14,556
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: +1000%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14556 · Foreign Corporation #14,556 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,556/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dalen Products
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1000% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dalen Products, Inc. (±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 Danstar’s 58.4 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 10.5 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 17.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Framatome · near

58
InnoGrit · near

58
Moog · near

58
Danstar Ferment · this assignee

58
Fermi Research… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Danstar's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 4% 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 Danstar?

Each dot is one of Danstar’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). Danstar’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Danstar's grants concentrate

Danstar Ferment AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Danstar sits between DUS Operating Inc. and Diehl Aviation Gilching GmbH.

Danstar's three-year grant acceleration

Danstar Ferment AG shows 9 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.

DUS Operating

20
DV International

20
Dyco

20
Dalen Products

20
Decoy Stake Solut…

20
Des-case

20
Diamond Tech

20
Diehl Aviation Gi…

20
Danstar Ferment ◀

20

What this shows Danstar holds 20 patents at rank #14,570, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Danstar

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,570 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Danstar, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Danstar ranks #748 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Fermi Research Alliance, LLC 58 InnoGrit Technologies Co., Ltd. 58 Framatome 58 Moog Inc. 58

Danstar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

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

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Danstar Ferment AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	5.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	1	5.0%
2022	2	10.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	6	30.0%
2025partial year	8	40.0%

Which technologies does Danstar Ferment AG patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 9

C12Y - Enzymes 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 5

A23K - Fodder 4

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

C07K - Peptides 3

C12G - WINE; Preparation THEREOF; Alcoholic Beverages ; Preparation OF Alcoholic Beverages NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses C12c OR C12h 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 2

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 2

Top 15 of 23 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

Danstar Ferment AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Danstar Ferment AG's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #14,556 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Danstar Ferment AG against DUS Operating Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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