Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 45 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Institut ranks #6,346 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 45 technology areas.
- #6,346
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 6%
- by Innovation Score (57.0/100)
- 11.8
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R6346 · Foreign Corporation #6,346 · 53 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
- UPPER-Q #6,346/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Hyliion
- CPC-WIDE C12N · 45 areas
- INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
- CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyliion 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 Institut’s 57.0 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Institut
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Inventus Engineering · near
Inventus Engineering · near
57 score
- BBY Solutions · near
BBY Solutions · near
57 score
- Beijing Jingdong… · near
Beijing Jingdong… · near
57 score
- Institut National… · this assignee
Institut National… · this assignee
57 score
- Stanley Electric · near
Stanley Electric · near
57 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Institut's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (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 Institut?
Each dot is one of Institut’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). Institut’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 20.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Institut's grants concentrate
Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 43.4% 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 (13 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, Institut sits between Hyliion Inc. and Itron Global Sarl.
Institut's three-year grant acceleration
Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement shows 28 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.
Who files at Institut's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Hyliion
Hyliion Inc.
53 patents
- Ikea Supply
Ikea Supply AG
53 patents
- Ingevity South Ca…
Ingevity South Carolina, LLC
53 patents
- Insightec
Insightec Ltd.
53 patents
- Indigo
Indigo Ag, Inc.
53 patents
- Instart Logic
Instart Logic, Inc.
53 patents
- Iogen
Iogen Corporation
53 patents
- Itron Global Sarl
Itron Global Sarl
53 patents
- Institut National… ◀
Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement
53 patents
What this shows Institut holds 53 patents at rank #6,343, 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 #6,343 in granted patent volume.
- Hyliion Inc. #6,339 · 53 patents
- Ikea Supply AG #6,340 · 53 patents
- Ingevity South Carolina, LLC #6,341 · 53 patents
- Insightec Ltd. #6,342 · 53 patents
- Indigo Ag, Inc. #6,344 · 53 patents
- Instart Logic, Inc. #6,345 · 53 patents
- Iogen Corporation #6,346 · 53 patents
- Itron Global Sarl #6,347 · 53 patents
Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Institut's primary technology class.
- Monsanto Technology LLC 1,335 in class
- The Regents of the University of California 1,161 in class
- Novozymes A/S 656 in class
- Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH 647 in class
- Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. 623 in class
- President and Fellows of Harvard College 594 in class
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 541 in class
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 537 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Institut, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Institut ranks #461 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).
Institut's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 8 | 15.1% |
| 2022 | 13 | 24.5% |
| 2023 | 4 | 7.5% |
| 2024 | 11 | 20.8% |
| 2025partial year | 10 | 18.9% |
Which technologies does Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement patent most?
Top 15 of 45 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 43.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
- Ranked #6,346 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Institut National DE Recherche Pour L'agriculture, L'alimentation L'environnement against Hyliion Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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.
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