Where does Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ranks #9,492 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 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich hold?

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's Innovation Score?

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's patents?

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's patents average 15.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Q: What technology areas does Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich focus on?

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 7 patents, ranking #1,382 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 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 PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 40 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, Eidgenössische ranks #9,492 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 40 technology areas.

#9,492
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9492 · Foreign Corporation #9,492 · 33 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,492/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edico Genome
CPC-WIDE C12N · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edico Genome Corporation (±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 Eidgenössische’s 46.3 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 12.2 pts (26%) Velocity 2.5 pts (5%) Breadth 22.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clearbrief · near

46
Eidgenössische… · this assignee

46
Reebok International · near

46
Soongsil University… · near

46
Walkme · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Eidgenössische's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Eidgenössische?

Each dot is one of Eidgenössische’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). Eidgenössische’s own 15.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Eidgenössische's grants concentrate

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 21.2% 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 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Eidgenössische sits between Epica International, Inc. and Generalplus Technology Inc..

Eidgenössische's three-year grant acceleration

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Epica Internation…

33
Eppendorf SE

33
Esteve Pharmaceut…

33
Edico Genome

33
Ethox Chemicals

33
FEV Group

33
Financialforce com

33
Generalplus Techn…

33
Eidgenössische Te… ◀

33

What this shows Eidgenössische holds 33 patents at rank #9,497, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Eidgenössische

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,497 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Eidgenössische, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Eidgenössische ranks #1,382 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Soongsil University Research Consortium Techno-park 46 Walkme Ltd. 46 Reebok International Limited 46 Clearbrief, Inc. 46

Eidgenössische's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	21.2%
2016	5	15.2%
2017	7	21.2%
2018	2	6.1%
2019	2	6.1%
2020	2	6.1%
2021	4	12.1%
2022	1	3.0%
2023	1	3.0%
2024	1	3.0%
2025partial year	1	3.0%

Which technologies does Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 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 5

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

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

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 2

Top 15 of 40 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

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 21.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #9,492 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich against Epica International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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