Where does UTS Biogastechnik GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UTS Biogastechnik GMBH ranks #27,743 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 UTS Biogastechnik GMBH hold?

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's Innovation Score?

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's patents?

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's patents average 16.8 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 UTS Biogastechnik GMBH 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

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH

Q: What technology areas does UTS Biogastechnik GMBH focus on?

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's top technology area is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UTS ranks #27,743 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 7 technology areas.

#27,743
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27743 · Foreign Corporation #27,743 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,743/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Umfotec
CPC-NARROW C12M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Umfotec GmbH (±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
UTS Biogastechnik · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UTS's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (29th 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.

Where UTS's grants concentrate

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, UTS sits between Unlimited Water Solutions LLC and Unistrut International Corporation.

UTS's three-year grant acceleration

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Unlimited Water S…

10
Upstart Power

10
Ur24technology

10
Usalco

10
Umfotec

10
Unique Home Desig…

10
Uniquesoft

10
Unistrut Internat…

10
UTS Biogastechnik ◀

10

What this shows UTS holds 10 patents at rank #27,717, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UTS

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,717 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

UTS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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UTS Biogastechnik GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does UTS Biogastechnik GMBH patent most?

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 8

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 5

B30B - Presses IN General 2

B01D - Separation 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,743

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.1 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

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UTS Biogastechnik GMBH's lead technology class is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #27,743 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UTS Biogastechnik GMBH against Unlimited Water Solutions LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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

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