Where does Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC ranks #18,497 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 Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC hold?

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's Innovation Score?

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC focus on?

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 3 patents, ranking #383 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's recent grant velocity is +1300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's patents?

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's patents average 7.9 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 Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC 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

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cole-parmer ranks #18,497 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,497
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +1300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18497 · US Corporation #18,497 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,497/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chubu Electric…
CPC-NARROW F04B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated (±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 Cole-parmer’s 33.2 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 8.9 pts (27%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cole-parmer Instrument · this assignee

33
Linvatec · near

33
Republic Wireless · near

33
Silhouette Internati… · near

33
PneumRx · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cole-parmer's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Cole-parmer?

Each dot is one of Cole-parmer’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). Cole-parmer’s own 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 10.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Cole-parmer's grants concentrate

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Cole-parmer sits between Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated and COX Powertrain Limited.

Cole-parmer's three-year grant acceleration

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC shows 8 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.

Chubu Electric Po…

15
Chun Nien Plastic

15
Cibo

15
Cnbm Research Ins…

15
Coloright

15
Connectfree

15
Coriolis Group

15
COX Powertrain

15
Cole-parmer Instr… ◀

15

What this shows Cole-parmer holds 15 patents at rank #18,479, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cole-parmer

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,479 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Cole-parmer's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cole-parmer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids), Cole-parmer ranks #383 of 1,184 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Linvatec Corporation 33 Republic Wireless, Inc. 33 Silhouette International Schmied AG 33 PneumRx, Inc. 33

Cole-parmer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.7%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	4	26.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	5	33.3%

Which technologies does Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

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 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

B01D - Separation 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F05C - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Materials, Material Properties OR Material Characteristics FOR Machines, Engines OR Pumps Other Than Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC's lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #18,497 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cole-parmer Instrument Company LLC against Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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