Where does Industrial Microbes, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Industrial Microbes, Inc. ranks #47,651 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 Industrial Microbes, Inc. hold?

Industrial Microbes, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Industrial Microbes, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.3 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Industrial Microbes, Inc. focus on?

Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s top technology area is C12Y (Enzymes) with 5 patents, ranking #508 of 1,675 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Industrial Microbes, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s patents?

Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s patents average 7.2 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 Industrial Microbes, 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

Industrial Microbes, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: C12Y (Enzymes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Industrial ranks #47,651 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#47,651
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.3/100): 7.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47651 · US Corporation #47,651 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,651/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH India Globalization…
CPC-NARROW C12Y · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: India Globalization Capital, 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 Industrial’s 24.3 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (28%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Industrial Microbes · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Industrial's Innovation Score is 24.3/100 (14th percentile 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 Industrial?

Each dot is one of Industrial’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). Industrial’s own 7.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Industrial's grants concentrate

Industrial Microbes, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C12Y (Enzymes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Industrial sits between India Globalization Capital, Inc. and Industrial Technologies and Services, LLC.

Industrial's three-year grant acceleration

Industrial Microbes, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

India Globalizati…

5
Indie Health

5
Indratech

5
Industrial Lighti…

5
Industrial Origami

5
Industrial Parts…

5
Industrial Securi…

5
Industrial and Se…

5
Industrial Microb… ◀

5

What this shows Industrial holds 5 patents at rank #47,779, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Industrial

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,779 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Y (Enzymes)

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

Industrial's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Industrial Microbes, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Industrial Microbes, Inc. patent most?

C12Y - Enzymes 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Industrial Microbes, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12Y (Enzymes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Y
Ranked #47,651 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Industrial Microbes, Inc. against India Globalization Capital, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.