Where does Ancestry.com DNA, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ancestry.com DNA, LLC ranks #6,002 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 Ancestry.com DNA, LLC hold?

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's Innovation Score?

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's recent grant velocity is +311% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's patents?

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's patents average 18.5 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 Ancestry.com DNA, LLC 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

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Ancestry.com DNA, LLC focus on?

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's top technology area is G16B (Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology) with 36 patents, ranking #16 of 676 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G16B (Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ancestry.com ranks #6,002 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 13 technology areas.

#6,002
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +311%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6002 · US Corporation #6,002 · 56 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,002/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ACM Research…
CPC-FOCUS G16B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +311% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ACM Research (SHANGHAI), 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 Ancestry.com’s 47.8 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 14.0 pts (29%) Velocity 10.0 pts (21%) Breadth 12.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ancestry com DNA · this assignee

48
FormFactor · near

48
Toho Titanium · near

48
Lensar · near

48
Zonit Structured… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ancestry.com's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 Ancestry.com?

Each dot is one of Ancestry.com’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). Ancestry.com’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ancestry.com's grants concentrate

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 64.3% of grants classified under G16B (Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Ancestry.com sits between ACM Research (SHANGHAI), Inc. and Bigo Technology PTE. Ltd..

Ancestry.com's three-year grant acceleration

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC shows 24 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

ACM Research (Sha…

56
Areva

56
Active-semi

56
Allosource

56
Anchor Wall Syste…

56
Anduril Industries

56
Anokiwave

56
Bigo Technology P…

56
Ancestry com DNA ◀

56

What this shows Ancestry.com holds 56 patents at rank #6,003, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ancestrycom

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,003 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16B (Bioinformatics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ancestrycom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G16B (Bioinformatics), Ancestrycom ranks #16 of 676 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. 48 FormFactor, Inc. 48 Zonit Structured Solutions, LLC 48 Lensar, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach 18.5 avg Envisics Ltd 18.5 avg Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 18.5 avg Elan Microelectronics Corporation 18.5 avg

Ancestry.com's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ancestry.com DNA, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.8%
2017	1	1.8%
2018	4	7.1%
2019	3	5.4%
2020	6	10.7%
2021	7	12.5%
2022	9	16.1%
2023	5	8.9%
2024	10	17.9%
2025partial year	10	17.9%

Which technologies does Ancestry.com DNA, LLC patent most?

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 36

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 13

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 9

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 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ancestry.com DNA, LLC's lead technology class is G16B (Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology), 64.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16B
Ranked #6,002 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ancestry.com DNA, LLC against ACM Research (SHANGHAI), Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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

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