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Boston Microfluidics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2022. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boston ranks #28,281 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.

#28,281
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
9th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.0/100)
11.6
avg claims per patent
+250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28281 · US Corporation #28,281 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #28,281/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Black TIE Brands
  • CPC-NARROW B01L · 3 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 22.0/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-SURGE +250% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Black TIE Brands, LLC (±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 Boston’s 22.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Boston

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 22.0/100 (9th 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Boston?

Each dot is one of Boston’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). Boston’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Boston vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 51015202530 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Black TIE Brands, LLC - 9, 14Black TIE BrandsBN Intellectual Properties, Inc. - 9, 11.78BN Intellectual P…Bogazici Universitesi - 9, 16.33Bogazici Universi…Bossa Nova Robotics IP, Inc. - 9, 18.44Bossa Nova Roboti…Bosu Fitness, LLC - 9, 15.67Bosu FitnessBoxcast Inc. - 9, 25.78BoxcastBraven, LC - 9, 9.11Braven LCBreakthrough Golf Technology LLC - 9, 18.33Breakthrough Golf…Boston Microfluidics Inc. - 9, 11.56Boston Microfluid…
Boston vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Boston's grants concentrate

Boston Microfluidics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Boston sits between Black TIE Brands, LLC and Breakthrough Golf Technology LLC.

Boston's three-year grant acceleration

Boston Microfluidics Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Who files at Boston's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Boston holds 9 patents at rank #28,232, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Boston

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,232 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Boston, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), Boston ranks #485 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (22 here).

Ifwizard Coprporation 22 Intelliflash BY DDN, Inc. 22 Nexen Tire Corporation 22 Oben, Inc. 22

Boston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Boston Microfluidics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2018 1 11.1%
2019 1 11.1%
2020 5 55.6%
2021 1 11.1%
2022 1 11.1%

Which technologies does Boston Microfluidics Inc. patent most?

Top 3 of 3 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

Boston Microfluidics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Boston Microfluidics Inc.'s lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
  • Ranked #28,281 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Boston Microfluidics Inc. against Black TIE Brands, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 22.0/100 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

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.