Where does Limagrain Europe rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Limagrain Europe ranks #24,710 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 Limagrain Europe hold?

Limagrain Europe holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Limagrain Europe's Innovation Score?

Limagrain Europe has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Limagrain Europe's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Limagrain Europe's recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Limagrain Europe's patents?

Limagrain Europe's patents average 15.8 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 Limagrain Europe 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

Limagrain Europe

Q: What technology areas does Limagrain Europe focus on?

Limagrain Europe's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 7 patents, ranking #1,382 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Limagrain ranks #24,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 10 technology areas.

#24,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24710 · Foreign Corporation #24,710 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LEN Tech
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LEN Tech 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 Limagrain’s 49.3 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 8.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 11.2 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Limagrain Europe · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Limagrain's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% 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 Limagrain?

Each dot is one of Limagrain’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). Limagrain’s own 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Limagrain's grants concentrate

Limagrain Europe is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 63.6% 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 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Limagrain sits between LEN Tech Inc. and Livetv, LLC.

Limagrain's three-year grant acceleration

Limagrain Europe shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

LEN Tech

11
LG Nanoh2o

11
Lianhong ART

11
LIM Innovations

11
Liability “Radio…

11
Lite-on Technolog…

11
Litek Enterprise

11
Livetv

11
Limagrain Europe ◀

11

What this shows Limagrain holds 11 patents at rank #24,686, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Limagrain

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,686 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Limagrain's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Limagrain Europe patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2020	1	9.1%
2022	2	18.2%
2023	3	27.3%
2024	3	27.3%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Limagrain Europe patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

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 6

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 5

C07K - Peptides 5

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Limagrain Europe's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Limagrain Europe's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #24,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Limagrain Europe against LEN Tech Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 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

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