Where does National Research Council of Canada rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), National Research Council of Canada ranks #1,435 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 National Research Council of Canada hold?

National Research Council of Canada holds 291 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 166 technology areas.

What is National Research Council of Canada's Innovation Score?

National Research Council of Canada has an Innovation Score of 61.5 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does National Research Council of Canada focus on?

National Research Council of Canada's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 64 patents, ranking #130 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 166 CPC subclasses total.

Is National Research Council of Canada's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

National Research Council of Canada's recent grant velocity is -23% 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 National Research Council of Canada's patents?

National Research Council of Canada's patents average 17.3 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.

How is the National Research Council of Canada 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

National Research Council of Canada

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 291 granted patents across 166 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, National ranks #1,435 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 291 patents across 166 technology areas.

#1,435
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1435 · Foreign Corporation #1,435 · 291 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 291 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,435/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intermolecular
CPC-WIDE C07K · 166 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intermolecular, 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 National’s 61.5 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 19.6 pts (32%) Velocity 6.5 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Incyte · near

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National Research… · this assignee

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Rite-Hite Holding · near

61
Fameccanica Data S p A · near

61
Bombardier · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows National's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (top 3% 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 National?

Each dot is one of National’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). National’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How National's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, National Research Council of Canada received 118 grants versus 153 in 2015–2019 (-23% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 41 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 17. Lead class C07K accounts for 22% of the portfolio across 166 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University AND Agricultural AND Mechanical College (#1,431) and Leica Microsystems CMS GMBH (#1,439).

National's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, National Research Council of Canada moved from 74 to 72 grants (0.97x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,259. See the growth leaderboard.

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Grohe

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Intermolecular

291
Poulsen Roser A/S

291
Tomy

291
National Research… ◀

291
Dialog Semiconduc…

290
Leica Microsystem…

290

What this shows National holds 291 patents at rank #1,435, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near National

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,435 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for National, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), National ranks #130 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Incyte Corporation 61 Rite-Hite Holding Corporation 61 Fameccanica.Data S.p.A. 61 Bombardier Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Oregon State University 17.3 avg Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 17.3 avg Synaptics Japan GK 17.3 avg Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. 17.3 avg

National's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

View data table

National Research Council of Canada patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	41	14.1%
2016	26	8.9%
2017	29	10.0%
2018	29	10.0%
2019	28	9.6%
2020	29	10.0%
2021	17	5.8%
2022	17	5.8%
2023	27	9.3%
2024	28	9.6%
2025partial year	20	6.9%

Which technologies does National Research Council of Canada patent most?

C07K - Peptides 64

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 59

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 59

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 55

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 51

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 28

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 21

C12Y - Enzymes 21

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 21

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 15

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 15

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 14

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 14

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 13

Top 15 of 166 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

National Research Council of Canada's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

National Research Council of Canada's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 22% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #1,435 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare National Research Council of Canada against Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University AND Agricultural AND Mechanical College, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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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