Where does Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. ranks #5,100 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 Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. hold?

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. focus on?

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s top technology area is C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof) with 51 patents, ranking #2 of 415 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s patents?

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nutrition ranks #5,100 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 48 technology areas.

#5,100
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.0/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5100 · US Corporation #5,100 · 68 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,100/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medtronic Holding Sarl
CPC-WIDE C08B · 48 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medtronic Holding Company Sarl (±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 Nutrition’s 67.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 14.6 pts (22%) Velocity 15.9 pts (24%) Breadth 24.5 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABB Schweiz · near

67
DePuy Synthes Products · near

67
Nutrition &… · this assignee

67
Ecole Superieure DE… · near

67
Hitachi High-tech · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nutrition's Innovation Score is 67.0/100 (top 1% 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 Nutrition?

Each dot is one of Nutrition’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). Nutrition’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nutrition's grants concentrate

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (18 grants) versus a trough of 13 in 2023. By volume, Nutrition sits between Medtronic Holding Company Sarl and Ostendo Technologies, Inc..

Nutrition's three-year grant acceleration

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. shows 43 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Medtronic Holding…

68
Merz Pharma & Kgaa

68
Middle Chart

68
Nelson Irrigation

68
Ningbo University

68
OSG

68
Omega

68
Ostendo

68
Nutrition & Biosc… ◀

68

What this shows Nutrition holds 68 patents at rank #5,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nutrition

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08B (Polysaccharides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nutrition, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08B (Polysaccharides), Nutrition ranks #2 of 415 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Ecole Superieure DE Physique ET DE Chimie Industrielles DE LA Ville DE Paris 67 Hitachi High-tech Corporation 67 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 67 ABB Schweiz AG 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

THE Bank OF NEW York Mellon 20.0 avg Asapp, Inc. 20.0 avg Flexible Steel Lacing Company 20.0 avg Hyperfine Operations, Inc. 20.0 avg

Nutrition's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	18	26.5%
2022	14	20.6%
2023	13	19.1%
2024	16	23.5%
2025partial year	7	10.3%

Which technologies does Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. patent most?

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 51

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 48

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 28

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 15

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 12

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 11

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 11

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 9

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 8

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 7

C12Y - Enzymes 7

Top 15 of 48 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

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc.'s lead technology class is C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08B
Ranked #5,100 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. against Medtronic Holding Company Sarl, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.0/100 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.

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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