Where does Grains Research AND Development Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grains Research AND Development Corporation ranks #7,010 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 Grains Research AND Development Corporation hold?

Grains Research AND Development Corporation holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Grains Research AND Development Corporation's Innovation Score?

Grains Research AND Development Corporation has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Grains Research AND Development Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grains Research AND Development Corporation's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Grains Research AND Development Corporation's patents?

Grains Research AND Development Corporation's patents average 21.6 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

Grains Research AND Development Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Grains Research AND Development Corporation focus on?

Grains Research AND Development Corporation's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 41 patents, ranking #251 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Grains Research AND Development Corporation 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 - 47 granted patents across 29 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, Grains ranks #7,010 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 29 technology areas.

#7,010
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7010 · Foreign Corporation #7,010 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,010/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Endologix
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Endologix LLC (±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 Grains’s 49.7 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 13.4 pts (27%) Velocity 4.3 pts (9%) Breadth 19.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Grains Research AND… · this assignee

50
siOPTICA · near

50
Sony Interactive… · near

50
Danco · near

50
GaN Systems · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grains's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Grains?

Each dot is one of Grains’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). Grains’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Grains's grants concentrate

Grains Research AND Development Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 87.2% 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 2018 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Grains sits between Endologix LLC and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd..

Grains's three-year grant acceleration

Grains Research AND Development Corporation shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Endologix

47
Fate Therapeutics

47
Flotek Chemistry

47
General Electric…

47
Guangzhou Issyzon…

47
Gaumard Scientific

47
George Mason Rese…

47
Gilat Satellite N…

47
Grains Research A… ◀

47

What this shows Grains holds 47 patents at rank #7,005, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grains

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,005 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Grains, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Grains ranks #251 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

siOPTICA GmbH 50 Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC 50 GaN Systems Inc. 50 Danco, Inc. 50

Grains's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Grains Research AND Development Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	8.5%
2017	6	12.8%
2018	12	25.5%
2019	6	12.8%
2020	6	12.8%
2021	2	4.3%
2022	2	4.3%
2023	4	8.5%
2024	3	6.4%
2025partial year	2	4.3%

Which technologies does Grains Research AND Development Corporation patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 41

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 28

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 24

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 22

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 21

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 21

C12Y - Enzymes 20

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 18

C07K - Peptides 17

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 15

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 15

A23K - Fodder 15

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 10

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 9

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

Top 15 of 29 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

Grains Research AND Development Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Grains Research AND Development Corporation's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 87.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #7,010 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grains Research AND Development Corporation against Endologix LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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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