Where does Research Development Foundation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Research Development Foundation ranks #4,355 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 Research Development Foundation hold?

Research Development Foundation holds 82 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Research Development Foundation's Innovation Score?

Research Development Foundation has an Innovation Score of 50.5 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Research Development Foundation focus on?

Research Development Foundation's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 57 patents, ranking #149 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Research Development Foundation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Research Development Foundation's recent grant velocity is -39% 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 Research Development Foundation's patents?

Research Development Foundation's patents average 21.4 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 Research Development Foundation 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

Research Development Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 82 granted patents across 26 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Research ranks #4,355 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 82 patents across 26 technology areas.

#4,355
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.5/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -39%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4355 · US Corporation #4,355 · 82 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 82 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,355/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Purina Animal…
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -39% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Purina Animal Nutrition LLC (±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 Research’s 50.5 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 15.3 pts (30%) Velocity 4.3 pts (9%) Breadth 18.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alfred KÄRCHER SE & KG · near

50
Carlisle Fluid · near

50
Research Development… · this assignee

50
TRW Automotive U S · near

50
WinField Solutions · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Research's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (top 13% 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 Research?

Each dot is one of Research’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). Research’s own 21.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Research's grants concentrate

Research Development Foundation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 69.5% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (18 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Research sits between Purina Animal Nutrition LLC and Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd..

Research's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Research Development Foundation moved from 23 to 15 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Purina Animal Nut…

82
Qualtrics

82
Reliaquest Holdin…

82
Reckitt Benckiser

82
Rheinmetall Waffe…

82
Rush University M…

82
South Dakota Boar…

82
Suteng Innovation…

82
Research Developm… ◀

82

What this shows Research holds 82 patents at rank #4,353, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Research

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,353 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Research, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), Research ranks #149 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

TRW Automotive U.S. LLC 50 WinField Solutions, LLC 50 Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC 50 Alfred KÄRCHER SE & Co. KG 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.4 here).

Cirrus Logic, Inc. 21.4 avg Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. 21.4 avg Box, Inc. 21.4 avg Rolex SA 21.4 avg

Research's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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.

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Research Development Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	8.5%
2016	12	14.6%
2017	18	22.0%
2018	4	4.9%
2019	8	9.8%
2020	5	6.1%
2021	10	12.2%
2022	5	6.1%
2023	4	4.9%
2024	6	7.3%
2025partial year	3	3.7%

Which technologies does Research Development Foundation patent most?

C07K - Peptides 57

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 55

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 50

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 34

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 27

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 14

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

C12Y - Enzymes 6

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 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

Top 15 of 26 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

Research Development Foundation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Research Development Foundation's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 69.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #4,355 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Research Development Foundation against Purina Animal Nutrition LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.5/100 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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