Where does Acea Biosciences, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acea Biosciences, Inc. ranks #10,522 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 Acea Biosciences, Inc. hold?

Acea Biosciences, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Acea Biosciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.1 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Acea Biosciences, Inc. focus on?

Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 22 patents, ranking #690 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s patents?

Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 Acea Biosciences, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Acea Biosciences, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Acea ranks #10,522 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 10 technology areas.

#10,522
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.1/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10522 · US Corporation #10,522 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,522/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Kaitai (Wuhan)
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Kaitai Technologies (Wuhan) Co., Ltd (±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 Acea’s 35.1 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 11.7 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Acea Biosciences · this assignee

35
Adam · near

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Anchor Wall Systems · near

35
Camelot UK Bidco · near

35
Realpage · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Acea's Innovation Score is 35.1/100 (top 50% 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 Acea?

Each dot is one of Acea’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). Acea’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Acea's grants concentrate

Acea Biosciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 75.9% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Acea sits between A.L.M. Holding Company and AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ OYJ.

A L M Holding

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AAC Kaitai (Wuhan)

29
AAC (Nanjing)

29
ABC

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ADC Telecommunica…

29
Adhezion Biomedic…

29
Agrivida

29
Ahlstrom-munksjÖ…

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Acea Biosciences ◀

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What this shows Acea holds 29 patents at rank #10,522, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acea

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,522 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Acea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Acea ranks #690 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Camelot UK Bidco Limited 35 Anchor Wall Systems, Inc. 35 Realpage, Inc. 35 Adam S.A. 35

Acea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Acea Biosciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.3%
2016	2	6.9%
2017	8	27.6%
2018	5	17.2%
2019	4	13.8%
2020	7	24.1%

Which technologies does Acea Biosciences, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 22

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 7

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

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 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Acea Biosciences, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 75.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #10,522 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acea Biosciences, Inc. against A.L.M. Holding Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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