Where does The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited ranks #9,141 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's patents?

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's patents average 5.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited

Q: How is the The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited 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 PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 18 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #9,141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 18 technology areas.

#9,141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 5.9
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9141 · Foreign Corporation #9,141 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,141/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tearscience
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tearscience, 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 The’s 34.9 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 12.4 pts (35%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 15.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 3.6 pts (10%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th percentile 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 5.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 14.3% 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 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, The sits between Tearscience, Inc. and Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

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What this shows The holds 35 patents at rank #9,142, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,142 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), The ranks #1,801 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Kenwood Limited 35 Nerviano Medical Sciences S.R.L. 35 H-P Products, Inc. 35 Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co. 35

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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.

View data table

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	25.7%
2016	2	5.7%
2017	2	5.7%
2018	1	2.9%
2019	2	5.7%
2020	4	11.4%
2021	4	11.4%
2022	2	5.7%
2023	2	5.7%
2024	2	5.7%
2025partial year	5	14.3%

Which technologies does The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 3

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 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 2

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A23K - Fodder 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C07K - Peptides 2

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 1

Top 15 of 18 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

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 14.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #9,141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited against Tearscience, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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

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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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