Where does Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. ranks #45,734 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 Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. hold?

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s patents?

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Clinical Reference Laboratory, 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

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. focus on?

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 3 patents, ranking #1,366 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Clinical ranks #45,734 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 14 technology areas.

#45,734
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45734 · US Corporation #45,734 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,734/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clementia Pharmaceut…
CPC-FOCUS G16H · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clementia Pharmaceuticals 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 Clinical’s 43.9 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 6.2 pts (14%) Velocity 13.3 pts (30%) Breadth 13.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Clinical Reference… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Clinical's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Clinical?

Each dot is one of Clinical’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). Clinical’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Clinical's grants concentrate

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Clinical sits between Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Cloud9 Technologies, LLC.

Clinical's three-year grant acceleration

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Clementia Pharmac…

5
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5
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5
Clinical Micro Se…

5
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5
Cloud Physics

5
Cloud V Enterpris…

5
Cloud9

5
Clinical Referenc… ◀

5

What this shows Clinical holds 5 patents at rank #45,873, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Clinical

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,873 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Clinical's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	20.0%
2023	2	40.0%
2025partial year	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H04B - Transmission 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 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 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 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 14 of 14 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

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #45,734 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. against Clementia Pharmaceuticals Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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