Where does Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. ranks #22,674 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 Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. hold?

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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.

How is the Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 10 patents, ranking #1,018 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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, Gross-wen ranks #22,674 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 8 technology areas.

#22,674
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22674 · US Corporation #22,674 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,674/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Green Dot
CPC-NARROW C12N · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Green Dot 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 Gross-wen’s 38.0 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 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 8.3 pts (22%) Breadth 10.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gross-Wen · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gross-wen's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Gross-wen?

Each dot is one of Gross-wen’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). Gross-wen’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gross-wen's grants concentrate

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 83.3% 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 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Gross-wen sits between Green Dot Corporation and Guillemot Corporation S.A..

Gross-wen's three-year grant acceleration

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Green Dot

12
Grey Market Labs…

12
Greyrock Technolo…

12
Grit

12
Guangdong OML Tec…

12
Guangzhou Tyrafos…

12
Guilin Feiyu Tech…

12
Guillemot

12
Gross-wen ◀

12

What this shows Gross-Wen holds 12 patents at rank #22,673, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gross-Wen

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,673 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gross-Wen's primary technology class.

Gross-wen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	16.7%
2020	2	16.7%
2021	2	16.7%
2022	3	25.0%
2023	1	8.3%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 7

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 5

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 5

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 5

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

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

Top 8 of 8 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

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #22,674 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gross-Wen Technologies, Inc. against Green Dot Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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