Where does ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH ranks #44,622 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 ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH hold?

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's Innovation Score?

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.1 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's patents?

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's patents average 15.2 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 ALS Automated Lab Solutions 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

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH

Q: What technology areas does ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH focus on?

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #209 of 832 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: 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 Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ALS ranks #44,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#44,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.1/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44622 · Foreign Corporation #44,622 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alltherooms
CPC-NARROW C12M · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alltherooms (±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 ALS’s 29.1 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 7.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ALS Automated Lab… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ALS's Innovation Score is 29.1/100 (29th 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 ALS?

Each dot is one of ALS’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). ALS’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ALS's grants concentrate

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under 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 Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, ALS sits between Alltherooms and Altana AG.

ALS's three-year grant acceleration

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Alltherooms

5
Alltrand

5
Aloha

5
Alphascale

5
Alstom Transport

5
ALT

5
ALT Innovations

5
Altana

5
ALS Automated Lab… ◀

5

What this shows ALS holds 5 patents at rank #44,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ALS

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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

ALS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH patent most?

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

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 4 of 4 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

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH's lead technology class is 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 Ferme), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #44,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ALS Automated Lab Solutions GmbH against Alltherooms, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.1/100 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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