Where does Stichting Wageningen Research rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stichting Wageningen Research ranks #14,963 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 Stichting Wageningen Research hold?

Stichting Wageningen Research holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Stichting Wageningen Research's Innovation Score?

Stichting Wageningen Research has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stichting Wageningen Research's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stichting Wageningen Research's recent grant velocity is +117% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Stichting Wageningen Research's patents?

Stichting Wageningen Research's patents average 15.8 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 Stichting Wageningen Research 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

Stichting Wageningen Research

Q: What technology areas does Stichting Wageningen Research focus on?

Stichting Wageningen Research'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, ranking #1,382 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stichting ranks #14,963 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 26 technology areas.

#14,963
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +117%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14963 · Foreign Corporation #14,963 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,963/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SRI Energy
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +117% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SRI Energy, 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 Stichting’s 43.2 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 5.2 pts (12%) Breadth 18.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Stichting's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Stichting?

Each dot is one of Stichting’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). Stichting’s own 15.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Stichting's grants concentrate

Stichting Wageningen Research is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 35% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Stichting sits between SRI Energy, Inc. and Swemac Innovation AB.

Stichting's three-year grant acceleration

Stichting Wageningen Research shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

SRI Energy

20
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20
SSV Works

20
Stat-diagnostica…

20
Stmicroelectronic…

20
Stokke AS

20
Sunrise R&D Holdi…

20
Swemac Innovation…

20
Stichting Wagenin… ◀

20

What this shows Stichting holds 20 patents at rank #14,939, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stichting

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,939 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Stichting's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Stichting Wageningen Research patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	3	15.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	5	25.0%
2022	5	25.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	1	5.0%
2025partial year	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Stichting Wageningen Research patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 5

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 2

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 2

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 2

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 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

Stichting Wageningen Research's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stichting Wageningen Research's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 35% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #14,963 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stichting Wageningen Research against SRI Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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