USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Berkeley Lights, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 24 technology areas, active 2016–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: B01L (CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

24.7

Avg claims per patent

+152%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Berkeley holds 74 US patents across 24 technology areas, rank #4,706 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#4,706
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 24.7
avg claims per patent: +152%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Berkeley Lights, Inc. has been granted 74 US utility patents between 2016 and 2024, placing Berkeley Lights, Inc. at rank #4,706 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 24 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 24.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in B01L (CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE). As a US Corporation, Berkeley Lights, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Berkeley sits between Allen Medical Systems, Inc. (74 patents, rank #4,702) and EOS Products, Llc (74 patents, rank #4,710) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.7/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 53 grants, compared with 21 in the 2015–2019 window, a +152% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s 24.7 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 24 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Berkeley Lights, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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74
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74
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74
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74
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74
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74
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74
EOS Products

74
Berkeley Lights ◀

74

What this shows Berkeley holds 74 patents at rank #4,706, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Berkeley

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,706 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Berkeley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Berkeley Lights, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.4%
2017	4	5.4%
2018	8	10.8%
2019	8	10.8%
2020	17	23.0%
2021	11	14.9%
2022	13	17.6%
2023	11	14.9%
2024	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Berkeley Lights, Inc. patent most?

B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 56

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 40

B03C - MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS 23

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 19

B81B - MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS, e.g. MICROMECHANICAL DEVICES 5

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 5

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 4

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 4

H10F - INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION 4

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 3

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 3

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 3

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 3

G01J - MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY 2

C07K - PEPTIDES 2

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Complex

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,706

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Berkeley Lights, Inc. hold?

Berkeley Lights, Inc. holds 74 US granted patents filed between 2016 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Berkeley Lights, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Berkeley Lights, Inc. focus on?

Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s top technology area is B01L (CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE) with 56 patents. The company has filed patents in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s recent filing velocity is +152% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s patents?

Berkeley Lights, Inc.'s patents average 24.7 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.

How is the Berkeley Lights, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Berkeley's 74 grants land it in the top 11% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Berkeley ranks #4,706 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in B01L - see who else leads that technology area. B01L leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.