Where does UPL Europe Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UPL Europe Ltd ranks #43,859 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 UPL Europe Ltd hold?

UPL Europe Ltd holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is UPL Europe Ltd's Innovation Score?

UPL Europe Ltd has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is UPL Europe Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for UPL Europe Ltd.

What does claim depth mean for UPL Europe Ltd's patents?

UPL Europe Ltd's patents average 7.7 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 UPL Europe Ltd 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

UPL Europe Ltd

Q: What technology areas does UPL Europe Ltd focus on?

UPL Europe Ltd's top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #283 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UPL ranks #43,859 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#43,859
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43859 · Foreign Corporation #43,859 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,859/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UNIVERSITÉ DES…
CPC-NARROW A01N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UNIVERSITÉ DES Antilles ET DE LA Guyane (±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 UPL’s 29.7 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 6.7 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (45%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UPL Europe · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UPL's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (31st 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 UPL?

Each dot is one of UPL’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). UPL’s own 7.7 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where UPL's grants concentrate

UPL Europe Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under 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). By volume, UPL sits between University OF Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation and URC Ventures, Inc..

UPL's three-year grant acceleration

UPL Europe Ltd 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.

University OF Her…

6
University OF Hud…

6
UniversitÉ DES An…

6
Upaid Systems

6
Uppthera

6
Urakami

6
Urban SKY

6
URC Ventures

6
UPL Europe ◀

6

What this shows UPL holds 6 patents at rank #43,801, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UPL

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,801 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

UPL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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UPL Europe Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%
2025partial year	3	50.0%

Which technologies does UPL Europe Ltd patent most?

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 5

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 2

Top 2 of 2 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

UPL Europe Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UPL Europe Ltd's lead technology class is 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #43,859 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UPL Europe Ltd against University OF Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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