Where does Cerus Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cerus Corporation ranks #16,676 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 Cerus Corporation hold?

Cerus Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Cerus Corporation's Innovation Score?

Cerus Corporation has an Innovation Score of 48.5 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cerus Corporation focus on?

Cerus Corporation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 11 patents, ranking #2,031 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cerus Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cerus Corporation's recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cerus Corporation's patents?

Cerus Corporation's patents average 26.1 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 Cerus Corporation 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

Cerus Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cerus ranks #16,676 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 16 technology areas.

#16,676
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.5/100): 26.1
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16676 · US Corporation #16,676 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,676/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Catalyst Biosciences
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Catalyst Biosciences, 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 Cerus’s 48.5 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 10.0 pts (21%) Velocity 9.3 pts (19%) Breadth 14.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cerus · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cerus's Innovation Score is 48.5/100 (top 17% 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 Cerus?

Each dot is one of Cerus’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). Cerus’s own 26.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cerus's grants concentrate

Cerus Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Cerus sits between Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. and Choice Spine, LLC.

Cerus's three-year grant acceleration

Cerus Corporation shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Catalyst Bioscien…

17
Cellular Dynamics…

17
Centre Hospitalie…

17
Centro de Inmunol…

17
Chengdu Vistar Op…

17
Chi Hua Fitness

17
China Pacificarbi…

17
Choice Spine

17
Cerus ◀

17

What this shows Cerus holds 17 patents at rank #16,693, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cerus

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,693 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Cerus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cerus Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	5	29.4%
2025partial year	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Cerus Corporation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 11

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

C07K - Peptides 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 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

Top 15 of 16 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

Cerus Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cerus Corporation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #16,676 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cerus Corporation against Catalyst Biosciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.5/100 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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