Where does Alere Scarborough, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alere Scarborough, Inc. ranks #34,168 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 Alere Scarborough, Inc. hold?

Alere Scarborough, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alere Scarborough, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 20.2 out of 100 (7th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s patents?

Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s patents average 8.6 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 Alere Scarborough, 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

Alere Scarborough, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Alere Scarborough, Inc. focus on?

Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Alere ranks #34,168 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#34,168
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 7th percentile
by Innovation Score (20.2/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34168 · US Corporation #34,168 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,168/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akoya
CPC-NARROW G01N · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 20.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akoya LLC (±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
Alere Scarborough · this assignee

20
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alere's Innovation Score is 20.2/100 (7th 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 Alere's grants concentrate

Alere Scarborough, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Alere sits between Akoya LLC and Allakos, Inc..

Akoya

7
Albumedix A/S

7
Alces Technology

7
Alchemy Insights

7
Alertsec

7
Alessi

7
All Power Labs

7
Allakos

7
Alere Scarborough ◀

7

What this shows Alere holds 7 patents at rank #34,285, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alere

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,285 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Alere's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 7th percentile higher than 7% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Alere Scarborough, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Alere Scarborough, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

C07K - Peptides 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

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 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#34,168

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

20.2 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

Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alere Scarborough, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #34,168 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alere Scarborough, Inc. against Akoya LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 20.2/100 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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