Where does Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon ranks #9,022 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 Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon hold?

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's Innovation Score?

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon has an Innovation Score of 54.7 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's recent grant velocity is +21% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's patents?

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's patents average 16.8 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 Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon 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

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon

Q: What technology areas does Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon focus on?

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 13 patents, ranking #809 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 38 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: 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, Ecole ranks #9,022 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 38 technology areas.

#9,022
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.7/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9022 · Foreign Corporation #9,022 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,022/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH EBR Systems
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: EBR Systems, 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 Ecole’s 54.7 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 12.4 pts (23%) Velocity 10.5 pts (19%) Breadth 21.8 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aura · near

55
Ecole Normale… · this assignee

55
Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt… · near

55
Convatec · near

55
Sumitomo Precision… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ecole's Innovation Score is 54.7/100 (top 7% 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 Ecole?

Each dot is one of Ecole’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). Ecole’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ecole's grants concentrate

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 37.1% 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 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ecole sits between EBR Systems, Inc. and Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH.

Ecole's three-year grant acceleration

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

EBR Systems

35
Epiroc Rock Drill…

35
Equashield Medical

35
Eutelsat

35
Electrolux do Bra…

35
Elliptic Laborato…

35
Envoy Medical

35
Esko-graphics Ima…

35
Ecole Normale Sup… ◀

35

What this shows Ecole holds 35 patents at rank #9,025, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ecole

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,025 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ecole, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Ecole ranks #809 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt EN Zaadhandel B.V. 55 Aura Technologies, LLC 55 Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. 55 Convatec Technologies Inc. 55

Ecole's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.7%
2016	4	11.4%
2017	6	17.1%
2018	1	2.9%
2019	1	2.9%
2020	3	8.6%
2021	3	8.6%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	6	17.1%
2024	1	2.9%
2025partial year	4	11.4%

Which technologies does Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

C07K - Peptides 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

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 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

B01D - Separation 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

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

Top 15 of 38 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

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 37.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #9,022 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon Lyon against EBR Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.7/100 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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