USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Limagrain Europe

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 10 technology areas, active 2016–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA).

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

15.8

Avg claims per patent

+900%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Limagrain holds 11 US patents across 10 technology areas, rank #24,686 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#24,686
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +900%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Limagrain Europe has been granted 11 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing Limagrain Europe at rank #24,686 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA). As a Foreign Corporation, Limagrain Europe is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Limagrain sits between LEN TECH Inc. (11 patents, rank #24,682) and Livetv, Llc (11 patents, rank #24,690) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 49.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 10 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +900% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Limagrain Europe's 15.8 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while concentration in 10 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Limagrain Europe against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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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.

Limagrain's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Focused

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,686

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Limagrain Europe hold?

Limagrain Europe holds 11 US granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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. The company has filed patents in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Limagrain Europe's recent filing velocity is +900% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

Limagrain Europe's patents average 15.8 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

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.

How to use this portfolio

Limagrain's 11 grants land it in the top 15% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Limagrain ranks #24,686 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C12N - see who else leads that technology area. C12N leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team

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.