Where does Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH ranks #39,338 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 Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH hold?

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH's Innovation Score?

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH has an Innovation Score of 27.5 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH'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 Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH's patents?

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH's patents average 21.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH focus on?

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH'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 6 patents, ranking #717 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Caris ranks #39,338 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,338
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 21.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39338 · Foreign Corporation #39,338 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,338/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Carbonics
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Carbonics 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 Caris’s 27.5 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (29%) Claim depth 12.9 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Caris Life Sciences… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Caris's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (24th 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 Caris?

Each dot is one of Caris’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). Caris’s own 21.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Caris's grants concentrate

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Caris sits between Carbonics Inc. and Cascade Technologies Holdings Limited.

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What this shows Caris holds 6 patents at rank #39,510, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Caris

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,510 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Caris's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH 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 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH'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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #39,338 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Caris Life Sciences Switzerland Holdings GMBH against Carbonics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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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