Where does GloFish, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GloFish, LLC ranks #16,056 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 GloFish, LLC hold?

GloFish, LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is GloFish, LLC's Innovation Score?

GloFish, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GloFish, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GloFish, LLC's recent grant velocity is +150% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for GloFish, LLC's patents?

GloFish, LLC's patents average 18.4 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 GloFish, 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

GloFish, LLC

Q: What technology areas does GloFish, LLC focus on?

GloFish, LLC's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 16 patents, ranking #50 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 5 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Glofish ranks #16,056 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 5 technology areas.

#16,056
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +150%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16056 · US Corporation #16,056 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,056/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH General Dynamics C4…
CPC-NARROW A01K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +150% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: General Dynamics C4 Systems, 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 Glofish’s 37.1 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 8.0 pts (22%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GloFish · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Glofish's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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 Glofish?

Each dot is one of Glofish’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). Glofish’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Glofish's grants concentrate

GloFish, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Glofish sits between General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. and Guardtime IP Holdings Limited.

Glofish's three-year grant acceleration

GloFish, LLC shows 6 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.

General Dynamics…

18
Genesys Spine

18
Giftya

18
Gigadevice Semico…

18
Good Start Geneti…

18
Grand Rapids Chair

18
Guangzhou Mibo Zh…

18
Guardtime IP Hold…

18
Glofish ◀

18

What this shows GloFish holds 18 patents at rank #16,060, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GloFish

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,060 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Glofish's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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GloFish, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	1	5.6%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	2	11.1%
2023	3	16.7%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	4	22.2%

Which technologies does GloFish, LLC patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 16

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

C07K - Peptides 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

Top 5 of 5 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

GloFish, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GloFish, LLC's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #16,056 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GloFish, LLC against General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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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