Where does Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research ranks #12,012 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's recent grant velocity is +217% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's patents?

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's patents average 17.7 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

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research

Q: How many patents does Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research hold?

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

Q: What is Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's Innovation Score?

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research focus on?

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 24 patents, ranking #940 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research 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 - 25 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Friedrich ranks #12,012 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,012
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +217%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12012 · Foreign Corporation #12,012 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,012/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Evolve Additive…
CPC-NARROW A61K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +217% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Evolve Additive Solutions, 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 Friedrich’s 39.4 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 11.3 pts (29%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ART Medical · near

39
Echelon · near

39
Friedrich Miescher… · this assignee

39
Parion Sciences · near

39
Suspa · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Friedrich's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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 Friedrich?

Each dot is one of Friedrich’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). Friedrich’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Friedrich's grants concentrate

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 96% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Friedrich sits between Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc. and Federal Cartridge Company.

Friedrich's three-year grant acceleration

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Evolve Additive S…

25
FCI Asia Pte

25
FEV Europe

25
Floadia

25
Fujirebio

25
Facetec

25
Fall Creek Farm a…

25
Federal Cartridge

25
Friedrich Miesche… ◀

25

What this shows Friedrich holds 25 patents at rank #12,006, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Friedrich

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,006 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Friedrich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Friedrich ranks #940 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Suspa GMBH 39 ART Medical Ltd. 39 Parion Sciences, Inc. 39 Echelon Corporation 39

Friedrich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	8.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2019	2	8.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	6	24.0%
2022	5	20.0%
2023	4	16.0%
2024	3	12.0%

Which technologies does Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 24

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 24

C07K - Peptides 16

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 96% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #12,012 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Friedrich Miescher Institute FOR Biomedical Research against Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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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