Overall rank by patents
#9,492
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Eidgenössische ranks #9,492 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 40 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Clearbrief · near
46 score
Eidgenössische Techn… · this assignee
46 score
Reebok International · near
46 score
Soongsil University… · near
46 score
Walkme · near
46 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-WIDE, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #9,492 of 50,000; Innovation Score 46.3/100 sits in the top 21% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Edico Genome Corporation (±0 grants).
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich has been granted 33 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich at #9,492 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 40 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA). As a Foreign Corporation, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Eidgenössische sits between Epica International, Inc. (33 patents, rank #9,493) and Generalplus Technology Inc. (33 patents, rank #9,501) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 46.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 23 in the 2015–2019 window, a -61% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich's 15.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 40 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
EPICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
33 patents
EPPENDORF SE
33 patents
ESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS, S.A.
33 patents
Edico Genome Corporation
33 patents
Ethox Chemicals, LLC
33 patents
FEV Group GmbH
33 patents
FinancialForce.com, Inc.
33 patents
GENERALPLUS TECHNOLOGY INC.
33 patents
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
33 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,497 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Eidgenössische's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Eidgenössische, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).
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 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| 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% |
Top 15 of 40 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,492
of 50,000 tracked assignees
46.3 out of 100
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