Where does Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj ranks #15,735 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 Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj hold?

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's Innovation Score?

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's recent grant velocity is +180% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's patents?

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's patents average 12.3 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

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj

Q: What technology areas does Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj focus on?

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 5 patents, ranking #1,801 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj 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 - 19 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Universidade ranks #15,735 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 29 technology areas.

#15,735
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +180%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15735 · Foreign Corporation #15,735 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,735/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ubiquisys
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +180% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ubiquisys 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 Universidade’s 42.7 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 10.3 pts (24%) Velocity 5.9 pts (14%) Breadth 19.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Universidade… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universidade's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Universidade?

Each dot is one of Universidade’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). Universidade’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Universidade's grants concentrate

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 26.3% 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 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Universidade sits between Ultizyme International Ltd. and Uccellini Inc..

Universidade's three-year grant acceleration

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj shows 8 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.

Ultizyme Internat…

19
Ultra Communicati…

19
Umarex USA

19
Union Carbide

19
University OF Tec…

19
Utsunomiya Univer…

19
Ubiquisys

19
Uccellini

19
Universidade Fede… ◀

19

What this shows Universidade holds 19 patents at rank #15,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universidade

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,727 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Universidade'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 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.3%
2017	1	5.3%
2019	3	15.8%
2020	4	21.1%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	2	10.5%
2024	4	21.1%

Which technologies does Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj patent most?

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

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

B01D - Separation 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C07K - Peptides 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 26.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #15,735 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universidade Federal DO RIO DE Janeiro - Ufrj against Ultizyme International Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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