Where does BIOMÉRIEUX rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BIOMÉRIEUX ranks #6,115 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 hold?

BIOMÉRIEUX holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is BIOMÉRIEUX's Innovation Score?

BIOMÉRIEUX has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BIOMÉRIEUX focus on?

BIOMÉRIEUX's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 31 patents, ranking #485 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is BIOMÉRIEUX's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BIOMÉRIEUX's recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for BIOMÉRIEUX's patents?

BIOMÉRIEUX's patents average 15.0 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 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

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Biomérieux ranks #6,115 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 32 technology areas.

#6,115
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6115 · Foreign Corporation #6,115 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,115/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amesbury Group
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amesbury Group, 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 51.0 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 13.9 pts (27%) Velocity 8.1 pts (16%) Breadth 20.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aerojet Rocketdyne · near

51
BIOMÉRIEUX · this assignee

51
MAN Energy Solutions… · near

51
Shinkawa · near

51
University OF Miyazaki · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biomérieux's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (top 12% 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 15.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Biomérieux's grants concentrate

BIOMÉRIEUX is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 56.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Biomérieux sits between Amesbury Group, Inc. and Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt.

Biomérieux's three-year grant acceleration

BIOMÉRIEUX shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Amesbury Group

55
Amtrol Licensing

55
Asahi Kasei E-mat…

55
Avogy

55
Bedrock Automatio…

55
Beijing Eswin Com…

55
Boise State Unive…

55
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

55
BIOMÉRieux ◀

55

What this shows BIOMÉRIEUX holds 55 patents at rank #6,113, 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 #6,113 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BIOMÉRIEUX, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), BIOMÉRIEUX ranks #485 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. 51 Shinkawa Ltd. 51 MAN Energy Solutions SE 51 University OF Miyazaki 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.0 here).

Daon Holdings Limited 15.0 avg Telecommunication Systems, Inc. 15.0 avg Southwest Research Institute 15.0 avg Emerson Electric Co. 15.0 avg

Biomérieux's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	9.1%
2016	4	7.3%
2017	8	14.5%
2018	2	3.6%
2019	4	7.3%
2020	6	10.9%
2021	4	7.3%
2022	4	7.3%
2023	7	12.7%
2024	6	10.9%
2025partial year	5	9.1%

Which technologies does BIOMÉRIEUX patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 31

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 20

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 10

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 7

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 3

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

C07K - Peptides 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

Top 15 of 32 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 patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BIOMÉRIEUX's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 56.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #6,115 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BIOMÉRIEUX against Amesbury Group, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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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