Where does Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. ranks #5,201 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 Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. hold?

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. focus on?

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 52 patents, ranking #27 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s patents?

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Canon U.S. Life Sciences, 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

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Canon ranks #5,201 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 26 technology areas.

#5,201
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5201 · US Corporation #5,201 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,201/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bal Seal Engineering
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bal Seal Engineering, 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 Canon’s 44.3 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 14.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Seiko · near

44
Bettcher Industries · near

44
Canon U S Life… · this assignee

44
John Snow Labs · near

44
Musco · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Canon's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Canon?

Each dot is one of Canon’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). Canon’s own 19.6 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.

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

Where Canon's grants concentrate

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 78.8% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (17 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2019. By volume, Canon sits between Bal Seal Engineering, LLC and Hamilton Bonaduz AG.

Bal Seal Engineer…

66
Bridgeport Fittin…

66
Central Japan Rai…

66
CSL

66
Dionex Softron

66
Ecole Polytechniq…

66
Flir Belgium Bvba

66
Hamilton Bonaduz

66
Canon U S Life Sc… ◀

66

What this shows Canon holds 66 patents at rank #5,203, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Canon

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,203 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Canon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), Canon ranks #27 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Musco Corporation 44 Bettcher Industries, Inc. 44 Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd. 44 John Snow Labs, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Simon Fraser University 19.6 avg Unity Technologies SF 19.6 avg THE Volcano Corporation 19.6 avg Paypal, Inc. 19.6 avg

Canon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	24.2%
2016	15	22.7%
2017	17	25.8%
2018	13	19.7%
2019	5	7.6%

Which technologies does Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 52

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 36

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 32

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

Top 15 of 26 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

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 78.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #5,201 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. against Bal Seal Engineering, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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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