Where does Alere Switzerland GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alere Switzerland GMBH ranks #13,845 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 Switzerland GMBH hold?

Alere Switzerland GMBH holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Alere Switzerland GMBH's Innovation Score?

Alere Switzerland GMBH has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Alere Switzerland GMBH focus on?

Alere Switzerland GMBH's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 15 patents, ranking #1,024 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Alere Switzerland GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alere Switzerland GMBH's recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Switzerland GMBH's patents?

Alere Switzerland GMBH's patents average 12.1 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 Switzerland GMBH 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

Alere Switzerland GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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 #13,845 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 11 technology areas.

#13,845
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13845 · Foreign Corporation #13,845 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #13,845/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agari Data
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agari Data, Inc. (±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 Alere’s 29.7 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 10.7 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alere Switzerland · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alere's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Alere?

Each dot is one of Alere’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). Alere’s own 12.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Alere's grants concentrate

Alere Switzerland GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Alere sits between Agari Data, Inc. and Amperity, Inc..

Agari Data

21
Agricultural Tech…

21
AHT Cooling Syste…

21
Aimm Therapeutics…

21
Alstom Holdings

21
Ambilight

21
American AIR Filt…

21
Amperity

21
Alere Switzerland ◀

21

What this shows Alere holds 21 patents at rank #13,837, 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 #13,837 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)

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Switzerland GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	23.8%
2016	6	28.6%
2017	2	9.5%
2018	4	19.0%
2019	3	14.3%
2021	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Alere Switzerland GMBH patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

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

B01D - Separation 1

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Alere Switzerland GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alere Switzerland GMBH's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #13,845 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alere Switzerland GMBH against Agari Data, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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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