Overall rank by patents
#23,523
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 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: C12N (MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #23,523 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R23523 · Foreign Corporation #23,523 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tektronix Texas, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
The Council Of The Q… · this assignee
43 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows The's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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.
The Council Of The Queensland Institute Of Medical Research is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 75% 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 2020 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, The sits between Tektronix Texas, Llc and The Hive Global Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Tektronix Texas, LLC
12 patents
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12 patents
Texas Fueling Services, Inc.
12 patents
The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University
12 patents
The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
12 patents
The Gravity Group, LLC
12 patents
The Hilliard Corporation
12 patents
The Hive Global Inc.
12 patents
The Council of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research
12 patents
What this shows The holds 12 patents at rank #23,540, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #23,540 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.
The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2020 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 16.7% |
Top 11 of 11 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#23,523
of 50,000 tracked assignees
42.5 out of 100
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