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CPC technology class · Y02

Y02A - Technologies For Adaptation To Climate Change

Technologies for adaptation to climate change. 32,476 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

32,476
US patents granted
#6/8
in Y02
8.1%
Y02 class share
+14%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Technologies For Adaptation To Climate Change ranks #56 of 670 CPC technology areas - 32,476 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 14% over five years.

#56
of 670 CPC technology areas
32,476
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Monsanto Technology
leading assignee (369)
+14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How Y02A's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Y02A recorded 14,434 grants versus 12,689 in 2015–2019 (+14% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 3,124 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2,204 (+42% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Monsanto Technology LLC holds 1.1% of the class ; the top three share 2.9%.

Leaderboard read

Y02A concentration, lead at 1.1%

Monsanto Technology LLC leads this historical grant record at 1.1% of Y02A - us corporation assignees hold 59% of class grants (12,545 of 21,329). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
1.1%

369 of 32,476 grants

Top three share
2.9%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
60

more grants than The Regents of the University of California

Where Y02A sits inside Y02

Among 8 subclasses in Y02 (Technologies OR Applications FOR Mitigation OR Adaptation Against Climate Change), Y02A ranks #6 and holds 8.1% of the parent class's 399,122 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

Y02E 125,003 Y02T 81,138 Y02P 65,929 Y02D 45,676 Y02B 34,811 Y02W 9,860 Y02C 4,229

Rising assignees active in Y02A

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

  1. #1 King Faisal University 125x 6 → 747 company-wide · 124 in Y02A
  2. #2 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 45x 0 → 45 company-wide · 9 in Y02A
  3. #3 CureVac SE 39x 0 → 39 company-wide · 17 in Y02A
  4. #4 Somerset Therapeutics, LLC 38x 0 → 38 company-wide · 6 in Y02A
  5. #5 Bmic LLC 35x 5 → 176 company-wide · 11 in Y02A

Y02A grants by year, peak 2019 (3,124)

US utility-patent grants per year in Y02A, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 14% versus 2015–2019.

1,5002,0002,5003,0003,500 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 1,919

Who leads Y02A?

The 12 most active assignees in Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Monsanto Technology is the most active filer in Y02A, holding 369 of the 32,476 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
View data table
Top patent holders in CPC subclass Y02A
Rank Company Patents in Y02A
#1 Monsanto Technology LLC 369
#2 The Regents of the University of California 309
#3 Dexcom, Inc. 263
#4 Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. 186
#5 Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA 180
#6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 163
#7 DOW Agrosciences LLC 156
#8 The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 133
#9 President and Fellows of Harvard College 129
#10 The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 129
#11 Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company 125
#12 King Faisal University 124
#13 Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique 113
#14 Heartflow, Inc. 103
#15 Novartis AG 101
#16 King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 100
#17 Evogene Ltd. 100
#18 The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 95
#19 Rockwell Collins, Inc. 91
#20 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 89

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading Y02A assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 Y02A assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in Y02A. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 10152025 0100200300400 Patents in Y02A Avg claims / patent (company-wide) Monsanto TechnologyThe Regents of the…DexcomPioneer Hi-bred…Glaxosmithkline…Massachusetts…Dow AgrosciencesThe Board of Regents…President and Fellows…The United States of…Johnson Matthey PublicKing Faisal UniversityCentre National De La…Heartflow
Top 14 Y02A assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in Y02A. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near Y02A's 32,476-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for Y02A (#56 of 670 by volume ; lead share 1.1%) - not the Y02 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

C07C 32,521 G01C 32,360 C12Q 32,189 H10B 31,904

Nearest by lead-assignee share

A61P 1.1% C07B 1.1% A61K 1.2% F16L 1.1%

Questions about Y02A

Which company holds the most patents in Y02A?
Monsanto Technology LLC leads Y02A with 369 patents (1.1% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 59% of class grants.
Which Y02A assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in Y02A, King Faisal University shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (125x: 6 grants in 2019–2021 → 747 in 2022–2024) while holding 124 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.
How does Y02A compare inside parent class Y02?
Inside Y02 (Technologies OR Applications FOR Mitigation OR Adaptation Against Climate Change), Y02A ranks #6 of 8 subclasses by grant volume and holds 8.1% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is Y02E (125,003 grants).

What to do with this data

Y02A in context - here's where to go next.

  • Monsanto Technology LLC leads Y02A with 369 grants in this class. See full portfolio
  • Y02A ranks #56 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
  • Inside parent class Y02, the largest sibling subclass is Y02E with 125,003 grants. Explore Y02E

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - Y02A figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (32,476 grants in the tracked window).

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