Where does Greiner Bio-One GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Greiner Bio-One GmbH ranks #16,836 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 Greiner Bio-One GmbH hold?

Greiner Bio-One GmbH holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Greiner Bio-One GmbH's Innovation Score?

Greiner Bio-One GmbH has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Greiner Bio-One GmbH focus on?

Greiner Bio-One GmbH's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 8 patents, ranking #237 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Greiner Bio-One GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Greiner Bio-One GmbH's recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Greiner Bio-One GmbH's patents?

Greiner Bio-One GmbH's patents average 15.2 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 Greiner Bio-One GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

Greiner Bio-One GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Greiner ranks #16,836 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,836
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16836 · Foreign Corporation #16,836 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,836/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gotion
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gotion, 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 Greiner’s 39.0 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 (26%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Greiner Bio-One · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Greiner's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 Greiner?

Each dot is one of Greiner’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). Greiner’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Greiner's grants concentrate

Greiner Bio-One GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Greiner sits between Gotion, Inc. and Hancom Inc..

Greiner's three-year grant acceleration

Greiner Bio-One GmbH shows 5 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.

Gotion

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H55

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Hancom

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Greiner Bio-one ◀

17

What this shows Greiner holds 17 patents at rank #16,842, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Greiner

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,842 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Greiner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Greiner Bio-One GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	2	11.8%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	5	29.4%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Greiner Bio-One GmbH patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 8

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 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 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

Greiner Bio-One GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Greiner Bio-One GmbH's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #16,836 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Greiner Bio-One GmbH against Gotion, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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