Where does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ranks #26,137 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 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center hold?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's Innovation Score?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has an Innovation Score of 33.9 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's patents?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's patents average 14.0 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 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 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 US Corporation

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Q: What technology areas does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center focus on?

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 9 patents, ranking #1,126 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Donald ranks #26,137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 18 technology areas.

#26,137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26137 · US Corporation #26,137 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,137/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digiwin Software
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digiwin Software 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 Donald’s 33.9 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 8.3 pts (24%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 15.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Donald's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (46th 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 Donald?

Each dot is one of Donald’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). Donald’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Donald's grants concentrate

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 90% 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 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Donald sits between Digiwin Software Co., Ltd and Dongguan KangRoad Electrical Technology Co., Ltd..

Donald's three-year grant acceleration

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows Donald holds 10 patents at rank #26,156, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Donald

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,156 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Donald's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2021	5	50.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Donald Danforth Plant Science Center patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

C07K - Peptides 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 1

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 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #26,137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Donald Danforth Plant Science Center against Digiwin Software Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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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