Overall rank by patents
#2,345
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 167 granted patents across 105 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Forschungszentrum ranks #2,345 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 167 patents across 105 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2345 · Foreign Corporation #2,345 · 167 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Aruze Gaming America, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Thule Sweden AB · near
55 score
Apeel Technology · near
55 score
Forschungszentrum… · this assignee
55 score
Lake Region… · near
55 score
Super ATV · near
55 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Forschungszentrum's Innovation Score is 54.8/100 (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.
Between 2020–2024, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH received 77 grants versus 80 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 7. Lead class G01N accounts for 16.8% of the portfolio across 105 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Xintec Inc. (#2,341) and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. (#2,349).
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH moved from 74 to 29 grants (0.39x 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 #2,893. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Xintec Inc.
168 patents
Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
167 patents
Auburn University
167 patents
BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
167 patents
J. C. Bamford Excavators Limited
167 patents
Lookout, Inc.
167 patents
Materion Corporation
167 patents
Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
167 patents
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
167 patents
What this shows Forschungszentrum holds 167 patents at rank #2,345, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,345 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Forschungszentrum's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Forschungszentrum, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).
Forschungszentrum'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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | 6.6% |
| 2016 | 11 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 17 | 10.2% |
| 2018 | 15 | 9.0% |
| 2019 | 26 | 15.6% |
| 2020 | 26 | 15.6% |
| 2021 | 22 | 13.2% |
| 2022 | 10 | 6.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | 4.2% |
| 2024 | 12 | 7.2% |
| 2025partial year | 10 | 6.0% |
Top 15 of 105 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#2,345
of 49,997 tracked assignees
54.8 out of 100
What to do with this data
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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