Where does Universität Bielefeld rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universität Bielefeld ranks #43,854 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 Universität Bielefeld hold?

Universität Bielefeld holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Universität Bielefeld's Innovation Score?

Universität Bielefeld has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Universität Bielefeld's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universität Bielefeld's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Universität Bielefeld's patents?

Universität Bielefeld's patents average 12.7 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 Universität Bielefeld 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

Universität Bielefeld

Q: What technology areas does Universität Bielefeld focus on?

Universität Bielefeld's top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universität ranks #43,854 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 16 technology areas.

#43,854
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43854 · Foreign Corporation #43,854 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,854/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH União Brasileira de…
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: União Brasileira de Educação E Assistência—Mantenedora da Pucrs (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hitachi Industrial… · near

42
I D Systems · near

42
M M A Design · near

42
SafeTraces · near

42
Universität Bielefeld · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universität's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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.

Where Universität's grants concentrate

Universität Bielefeld is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). By volume, Universität sits between University of the Sciences and Urban Planter LLC.

Universität's three-year grant acceleration

Universität Bielefeld shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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 Universität holds 6 patents at rank #43,844, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universität

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,844 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universität, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

SafeTraces, Inc. 42 I.D. Systems, Inc. 42 M.M.A. Design, LLC 42 Hitachi Industrial Products, Ltd. 42

Universität's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Universität Bielefeld patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Universität Bielefeld patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

C07K - Peptides 1

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B01D - Separation 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,854

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Universität Bielefeld's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universität Bielefeld's lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #43,854 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universität Bielefeld against University of the Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.8/100 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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