Where does Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. ranks #16,673 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 Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. hold?

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cellular Dynamics International, 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 Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s patents?

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Cellular Dynamics International, 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

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. focus on?

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 16 patents, ranking #665 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 11 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: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cellular ranks #16,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 11 technology areas.

#16,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16673 · US Corporation #16,673 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cabeau
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cabeau, 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 Cellular’s 31.9 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 10.0 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cellular Dynamics… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cellular's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th 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 Cellular?

Each dot is one of Cellular’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). Cellular’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cellular's grants concentrate

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Cellular sits between Cabeau, Inc. and Chengdu Vistar Optoelectronics Co., Ltd..

Cabeau

17
Cadent Therapeuti…

17
Carver Scientific

17
Catalyst Bioscien…

17
Centre Hospitalie…

17
Centro de Inmunol…

17
Cerus

17
Chengdu Vistar Op…

17
Cellular Dynamics… ◀

17

What this shows Cellular holds 17 patents at rank #16,690, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cellular

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,690 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

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

Cellular's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% 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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Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	17.6%
2016	10	58.8%
2017	3	17.6%
2018	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 16

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

C07K - Peptides 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

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 2

C12Y - Enzymes 1

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.'s lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #16,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. against Cabeau, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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