Where does Orano Cycle rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Orano Cycle ranks #17,063 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 Orano Cycle hold?

Orano Cycle holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2022, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Orano Cycle's Innovation Score?

Orano Cycle has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Orano Cycle focus on?

Orano Cycle's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 9 patents, ranking #1,398 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is Orano Cycle's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Orano Cycle's recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Orano Cycle's patents?

Orano Cycle's patents average 15.9 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 Orano Cycle 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

Orano Cycle

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Orano ranks #17,063 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 28 technology areas.

#17,063
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17063 · Foreign Corporation #17,063 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,063/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Oclaro Technology
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 28 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Oclaro Technology Limited (±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 Orano’s 39.5 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 10.0 pts (25%) Velocity 1.2 pts (3%) Breadth 18.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Orano Cycle · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Orano's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Orano?

Each dot is one of Orano’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). Orano’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Orano's grants concentrate

Orano Cycle is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Orano sits between Oclaro Technology Limited and Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co., Ltd.

Orano's three-year grant acceleration

Orano Cycle shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Oclaro Technology

17
Ocular Therapeutix

17
Ojmar

17
On24

17
Oric Pharmaceutic…

17
Omni Design

17
Onemarket Network

17
Origin Quantum Co…

17
Orano Cycle ◀

17

What this shows Orano holds 17 patents at rank #17,059, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Orano

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,059 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Orano's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Orano Cycle patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	23.5%
2019	8	47.1%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Orano Cycle patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

G21C - Nuclear Reactors 9

G21F - Protection Against X-radiation, Gamma Radiation, Corpuscular Radiation OR Particle BOMBARDMENT; Treating Radioactively Contaminated MATERIAL; Decontamination Arrangements Therefor 6

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 6

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B01D - Separation 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 2

B04C - Apparatus Using Free Vortex Flow, e.g. Cyclones 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

Top 15 of 28 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

Orano Cycle's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Orano Cycle's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #17,063 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Orano Cycle against Oclaro Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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