Where does INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats ranks #4,473 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 INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats hold?

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 77 technology areas.

What is INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's Innovation Score?

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats has an Innovation Score of 56.2 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's recent grant velocity is +114% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's patents?

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's patents average 15.6 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

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats

Q: What technology areas does INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats focus on?

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 24 patents, ranking #618 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 77 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats 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 - 79 granted patents across 77 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Institució ranks #4,473 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 77 technology areas.

#4,473
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +114%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4473 · Foreign Corporation #4,473 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,473/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Great Plains…
CPC-WIDE G01N · 77 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +114% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Great Plains Manufacturing, 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 Institució’s 56.2 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 15.1 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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INSTITUCIÓ Catalana… · this assignee

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Integrated Silicon… · near

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Kuka Deutschland · near

56
Opex · near

56
Tower Partners… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Institució's Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (top 6% 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 Institució?

Each dot is one of Institució’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). Institució’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Institució's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats received 47 grants versus 22 in 2015–2019 (+114% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class G01N accounts for 30.4% of the portfolio across 77 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (#4,469) and NHN Entertainment Corporation (#4,477).

Institució's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats moved from 26 to 26 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Great Plains Manu…

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Gula Consulting L…

79
Helmholtz Zentrum…

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79
Institut Polytech…

79
Ixys

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LES Laboratoires…

79
NHN Entertainment

79
InstituciÓ Catala… ◀

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What this shows INSTITUCIÓ holds 79 patents at rank #4,473, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near INSTITUCIÓ

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,473 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for INSTITUCIÓ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), INSTITUCIÓ ranks #618 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Opex Corporation 56 Tower Partners Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 56 Kuka Deutschland GmbH 56 Integrated Silicon Solution, (Cayman) Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Indian Motorcycle International, LLC 15.6 avg Capsugel Belgium NV 15.6 avg N.V. Nutricia 15.6 avg Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. 15.6 avg

Institució's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.5%
2016	1	1.3%
2017	9	11.4%
2018	5	6.3%
2019	5	6.3%
2020	12	15.2%
2021	9	11.4%
2022	9	11.4%
2023	8	10.1%
2024	9	11.4%
2025partial year	10	12.7%

Which technologies does INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 21

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 21

C07K - Peptides 16

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 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 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

Top 15 of 77 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

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 30.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,473 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats against Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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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