Where does Cascade Biosystems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cascade Biosystems, Inc. ranks #17,534 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 Cascade Biosystems, Inc. hold?

Cascade Biosystems, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cascade Biosystems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'s patents?

Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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.

How is the Cascade Biosystems, 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

Cascade Biosystems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Cascade Biosystems, Inc. focus on?

Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'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 16 patents, ranking #292 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: 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, Cascade ranks #17,534 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 1 technology areas.

#17,534
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17534 · US Corporation #17,534 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,534/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calderco Holdings…
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calderco Holdings Group, 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 Cascade’s 27.2 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 (36%) Velocity 2.2 pts (8%) Breadth 3.5 pts (13%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cascade Biosystems · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cascade's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (23rd 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 Cascade?

Each dot is one of Cascade’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). Cascade’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cascade's grants concentrate

Cascade Biosystems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 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 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cascade sits between Curaden AG and Centricity Vision, Inc..

Cascade's three-year grant acceleration

Cascade Biosystems, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Curaden

16
Calderco Holdings…

16
Calphalon

16
Carbyne

16
Celator Pharmaceu…

16
Centor Design Pty

16
Centric Software

16
Centricity Vision

16
Cascade Biosystems ◀

16

What this shows Cascade holds 16 patents at rank #17,561, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cascade

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Cascade's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Cascade Biosystems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	2	12.5%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	3	18.8%
2022	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Cascade Biosystems, Inc. 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 16

Top 1 of 1 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

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

Cascade Biosystems, Inc.'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 #17,534 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cascade Biosystems, Inc. against Curaden AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.2/100 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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