Where does DSM IP Assets B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DSM IP Assets B.V. ranks #442 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 DSM IP Assets B.V. hold?

DSM IP Assets B.V. holds 1,027 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 168 technology areas.

What is DSM IP Assets B.V.'s Innovation Score?

DSM IP Assets B.V. has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is DSM IP Assets B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DSM IP Assets B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -35% 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 DSM IP Assets B.V.'s patents?

DSM IP Assets B.V.'s patents average 16.0 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 DSM IP Assets B.V. 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

DSM IP Assets B.V.

Q: What technology areas does DSM IP Assets B.V. focus on?

DSM IP Assets B.V.'s top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 269 patents, ranking #3 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 168 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,027 granted patents across 168 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DSM ranks #442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,027 patents across 168 technology areas.

#442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R442 · Foreign Corporation #442 · 1,027 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carl Zeiss SMT
CPC-WIDE C12P · 168 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH (±1 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 DSM’s 62.3 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 24.0 pts (38%) Velocity 3.8 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nitto Denko · near

62
8 Rivers Capital · near

62
DSM IP Assets B V · this assignee

62
The Florida… · near

62
Doosan Bobcat North… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DSM's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 DSM?

Each dot is one of DSM’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). DSM’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How DSM's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, DSM IP Assets B.V. received 387 grants versus 600 in 2015–2019 (-35% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 143 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 49. Lead class C12P accounts for 26.2% of the portfolio across 168 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (#438) and Kobe Steel Ltd. (#446).

DSM's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DSM IP Assets B.V. moved from 320 to 181 grants (0.57x 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 #2,535. See the growth leaderboard.

Seoul National Un…

1,030
Align Technology

1,029
Contemporary Ampe…

1,029
Carl Zeiss SMT

1,028
DSM IP Assets B V ◀

1,027
Aptiv

1,025
Deka Products Par…

1,025
Palo Alto Researc…

1,025
Kobe Steel

1,023

What this shows DSM holds 1,027 patents at rank #442, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DSM

By rank, the assignees closest to #442 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DSM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), DSM ranks #3 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

The Florida International University Board of Trustees 62 8 Rivers Capital, LLC 62 Doosan Bobcat North America, Inc. 62 Nitto Denko Corporation 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Thomson Licensing 16.0 avg Stratasys Ltd. 16.0 avg Stichting Imec Nederland 16.0 avg Tendyron Corporation 16.0 avg

DSM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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DSM IP Assets B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	118	11.5%
2016	143	13.9%
2017	116	11.3%
2018	109	10.6%
2019	114	11.1%
2020	108	10.5%
2021	98	9.5%
2022	77	7.5%
2023	55	5.4%
2024	49	4.8%
2025partial year	40	3.9%

Which technologies does DSM IP Assets B.V. patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 269

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 257

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 215

C12Y - Enzymes 168

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 156

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 142

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 131

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 128

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 118

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 117

A23K - Fodder 116

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 114

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 107

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 93

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 87

Top 15 of 168 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

DSM IP Assets B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DSM IP Assets B.V.'s lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DSM IP Assets B.V. against Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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

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