Where does Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ranks #26,495 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 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hold?

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's Innovation Score?

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's patents?

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's patents average 14.6 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.

How is the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 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 Foreign Corporation

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Q: What technology areas does Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin focus on?

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 4 patents, ranking #2,122 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 18 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, Humboldt-universität ranks #26,495 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 18 technology areas.

#26,495
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26495 · Foreign Corporation #26,495 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,495/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hubble Network
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hubble Network 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 Humboldt-universität’s 36.5 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 8.3 pts (23%) Velocity 4.4 pts (12%) Breadth 15.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Humboldt-Universität… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Humboldt-universität's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Humboldt-universität?

Each dot is one of Humboldt-universität’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). Humboldt-universität’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Humboldt-universität's grants concentrate

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 40% 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 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Humboldt-universität sits between Hubble Network Inc. and Hy Cite Enterprises, LLC.

Humboldt-universität's three-year grant acceleration

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Hubble Network

10
Hugel

10
Huizhou Haorul Ha…

10
Human Extensions

10
Hunan Lven Urban…

10
Huntwise

10
Huyck Licensco

10
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10
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10

What this shows Humboldt-Universität holds 10 patents at rank #26,497, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Humboldt-Universität

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,497 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Humboldt-Universität's primary technology class.

Humboldt-universität's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	40.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%
2023	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

C12Y - Enzymes 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

C07K - Peptides 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

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

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #26,495 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin against Hubble Network Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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