Where does Wageningen Universiteit rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wageningen Universiteit ranks #10,504 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 Wageningen Universiteit hold?

Wageningen Universiteit holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Wageningen Universiteit's Innovation Score?

Wageningen Universiteit has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wageningen Universiteit's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wageningen Universiteit's recent grant velocity is +122% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Wageningen Universiteit's patents?

Wageningen Universiteit's patents average 13.8 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 Wageningen Universiteit 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

Wageningen Universiteit

Q: What technology areas does Wageningen Universiteit focus on?

Wageningen Universiteit's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 22 patents, ranking #487 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 30 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wageningen ranks #10,504 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 30 technology areas.

#10,504
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 13.8
avg claims per patent: +122%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10504 · Foreign Corporation #10,504 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,504/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vemag Maschinenbau
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +122% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vemag Maschinenbau 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.

How Wageningen’s 47.5 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 11.9 pts (25%) Velocity 8.0 pts (17%) Breadth 19.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ekso Bionics Holdings · near

47
Fresenius Kabi USA · near

47
Lisi Aerospace · near

47
Wageningen Universit… · this assignee

47
Whitewater West… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wageningen's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Wageningen?

Each dot is one of Wageningen’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). Wageningen’s own 13.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wageningen's grants concentrate

Wageningen Universiteit is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 73.3% 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 2022 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Wageningen sits between Vemag Maschinenbau GmbH and Welspun India Limited.

Wageningen's three-year grant acceleration

Wageningen Universiteit shows 12 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.

Vemag Maschinenbau

30
VON Ardenne Asset…

30
Verathon

30
Virnetx

30
Wilson Tool Inter…

30
Wagic

30
Wayfair

30
Welspun India

30
Wageningen Univer… ◀

30

What this shows Wageningen holds 30 patents at rank #10,504, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wageningen

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wageningen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Wageningen ranks #487 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC 47 Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. 47 Lisi Aerospace 47 Whitewater West Industries Ltd. 47

Wageningen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 18% higher than 82% 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.

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Wageningen Universiteit patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.3%
2016	1	3.3%
2017	4	13.3%
2018	1	3.3%
2019	2	6.7%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	5	16.7%
2022	7	23.3%
2023	2	6.7%
2024	3	10.0%
2025partial year	1	3.3%

Which technologies does Wageningen Universiteit patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

C07K - Peptides 12

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 4

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

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 3

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

C13B - Production OF SUCROSE; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor 2

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 2

B01D - Separation 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Wageningen Universiteit's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wageningen Universiteit's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 73.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #10,504 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wageningen Universiteit against Vemag Maschinenbau GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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