Where does Biotium, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biotium, Inc. ranks #17,497 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 Biotium, Inc. hold?

Biotium, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Biotium, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Biotium, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Biotium, Inc. focus on?

Biotium, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 11 patents, ranking #1,329 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Biotium, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Biotium, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -77% 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 Biotium, Inc.'s patents?

Biotium, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Biotium, 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Biotium, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Biotium ranks #17,497 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 12 technology areas.

#17,497
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17497 · US Corporation #17,497 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,497/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biolog-id
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biolog-id (±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 Biotium’s 32.4 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 9.8 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biotium · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biotium's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st 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 Biotium?

Each dot is one of Biotium’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). Biotium’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Biotium's grants concentrate

Biotium, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Biotium sits between Biolog-id and Bosch Security Systems, Inc..

Biolog-id

16
Biological Dynami…

16
Biomarin B V

16
Biomech Sensor

16
Biotyx Medical (S…

16
Bisio Progetti S…

16
Bitmicro

16
Bosch Security Sy…

16
Biotium ◀

16

What this shows Biotium holds 16 patents at rank #17,487, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Biotium

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,487 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Biotium's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Biotium, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	25.0%
2017	6	37.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Biotium, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

C07K - Peptides 5

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 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Biotium, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Biotium, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #17,497 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biotium, Inc. against Biolog-id, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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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