Where does Yara International ASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yara International ASA ranks #4,142 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 Yara International ASA hold?

Yara International ASA holds 87 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is Yara International ASA's Innovation Score?

Yara International ASA has an Innovation Score of 59.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yara International ASA focus on?

Yara International ASA's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 29 patents, ranking #164 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

Is Yara International ASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yara International ASA's recent grant velocity is +52% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Yara International ASA's patents?

Yara International ASA's patents average 16.4 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 Yara International ASA 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

Yara International ASA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 87 granted patents across 72 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yara ranks #4,142 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 87 patents across 72 technology areas.

#4,142
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4142 · Foreign Corporation #4,142 · 87 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 87 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,142/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of…
CPC-WIDE B01J · 72 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (±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 Yara’s 59.8 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 15.5 pts (26%) Velocity 9.5 pts (16%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Insight Direct USA · near

60
Omron Healthcare · near

60
Repligen · near

60
Triad National… · near

60
Yara International ASA · this assignee

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yara's Innovation Score is 59.8/100 (top 4% 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 Yara?

Each dot is one of Yara’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). Yara’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Yara's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Yara International ASA received 47 grants versus 31 in 2015–2019 (+52% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class B01J accounts for 33.3% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (#4,138) and Broadband iTV, Inc. (#4,146).

Yara's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Yara International ASA moved from 21 to 30 grants (1.43x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

University of Ver…

87
VAT Holding

87
Winview

87
Xero

87
Zodiac Pool Syste…

87
Yara Internationa… ◀

87
ABB Technology Oy

86
American Regent

86
Broadband itv

86

What this shows Yara holds 87 patents at rank #4,142, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yara

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,142 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Yara, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Yara ranks #164 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Repligen Corporation 60 Insight Direct USA, Inc. 60 Triad National Security, LLC 60 Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Hexcel Corporation 16.4 avg Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg Telecom Italia S.p.A. 16.4 avg SK hynix Inc. 16.4 avg

Yara's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Yara International ASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.6%
2016	9	10.3%
2017	4	4.6%
2018	10	11.5%
2019	4	4.6%
2020	7	8.0%
2021	10	11.5%
2022	12	13.8%
2023	7	8.0%
2024	11	12.6%
2025partial year	9	10.3%

Which technologies does Yara International ASA patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 29

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 28

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 22

B01D - Separation 18

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 12

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 11

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 11

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 11

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 8

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 8

C01C - AMMONIA; CYANOGEN; Compounds Thereof 7

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 7

A23K - Fodder 7

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 6

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 6

Top 15 of 72 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

Yara International ASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yara International ASA's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #4,142 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yara International ASA against University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.8/100 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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