Where does Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue ranks #3,923 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 Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue hold?

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's Innovation Score?

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's patents?

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's patents average 13.3 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

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue

Q: What technology areas does Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue focus on?

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 46 patents. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue 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 - 92 granted patents across 60 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, Institut ranks #3,923 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 60 technology areas.

#3,923
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3923 · Foreign Corporation #3,923 · 92 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,923/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hamm
CPC-WIDE C12N · 60 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hamm AG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B Braun Avitum · near

51
Institut National… · this assignee

51
National Health… · near

51
Woodpeckers · near

51
Yamaguchi University · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Institut's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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.

How Institut's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue received 34 grants versus 54 in 2015–2019 (-37% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 5. Lead class C12N accounts for 50% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hamm AG (#3,918) and LAT Enterprises, Inc. (#3,926).

Institut's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue moved from 33 to 13 grants (0.39x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Hamm

92
Hill Phoenix

92
Hubei Yangtze Ind…

92
Hyster-yale Group

92
Innovelis

92
Iovance Biotherap…

92
Kraton Polymers

92
LAT Enterprises

92
Institut National… ◀

92

What this shows Institut holds 92 patents at rank #3,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Institut

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,922 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Institut, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

National Health Research Institutes 51 Woodpeckers, LLC 51 B. Braun Avitum AG 51 Yamaguchi University 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Super Micro Computer, Inc. 13.3 avg Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg Duracell U.S. Operations, Inc. 13.3 avg

Institut's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	8.7%
2016	9	9.8%
2017	14	15.2%
2018	11	12.0%
2019	12	13.0%
2020	15	16.3%
2021	6	6.5%
2022	8	8.7%
2023	5	5.4%
2025partial year	4	4.3%

Which technologies does Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 46

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 29

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 23

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 22

C07K - Peptides 22

C12Y - Enzymes 17

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 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 10

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 9

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 7

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 7

Top 15 of 60 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,923

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #3,923 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue against Hamm AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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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