Where does bioMérieux, S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), bioMérieux, S.A. ranks #15,860 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 bioMérieux, S.A. hold?

bioMérieux, S.A. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is bioMérieux, S.A.'s Innovation Score?

bioMérieux, S.A. has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is bioMérieux, S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

bioMérieux, S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 bioMérieux, S.A.'s patents?

bioMérieux, S.A.'s patents average 18.0 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 bioMérieux, S.A. 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

bioMérieux, S.A.

Q: What technology areas does bioMérieux, S.A. focus on?

bioMérieux, S.A.'s top technology area is 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) with 12 patents, ranking #383 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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 Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, biomérieux ranks #15,860 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 10 technology areas.

#15,860
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15860 · Foreign Corporation #15,860 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,860/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iPosi
CPC-FOCUS C12Q · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iPosi, 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 biomérieux’s 36.1 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 10.2 pts (28%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
bioMérieux · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows biomérieux's Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 biomérieux?

Each dot is one of biomérieux’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). biomérieux’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where biomérieux's grants concentrate

bioMérieux, S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under 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 Micr). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, biomérieux sits between Zeller Digital Innovations, Inc. and 3 Strike, LLC.

biomérieux's three-year grant acceleration

bioMérieux, S.A. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Zeller Digital In…

18
Zhejiang Universi…

18
Zhuhai Ding Rong…

18
Zinniatek

18
iposi

18
thyssenkrupp Rass…

18
biomérieux ◀

18
1st Detect

17
3 Strike

17

What this shows bioMérieux holds 18 patents at rank #16,533, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near bioMérieux

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,533 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

biomérieux's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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bioMérieux, S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.1%
2016	5	27.8%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	1	5.6%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	1	5.6%
2021	1	5.6%
2023	2	11.1%
2024	1	5.6%

Which technologies does bioMérieux, S.A. patent most?

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 12

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

C07K - Peptides 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

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 1

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 10 of 10 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

bioMérieux, S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

bioMérieux, S.A.'s lead technology class is 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 Micr), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #15,860 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare bioMérieux, S.A. against Zeller Digital Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.1/100 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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