Where does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ranks #48,301 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 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hold?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Innovation Score?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's patents?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's patents average 17.0 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 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 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

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Q: What technology areas does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focus on?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 3 patents, ranking #2,995 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lawrence ranks #48,301 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#48,301
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48301 · US Corporation #48,301 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,301/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lasergen
CPC-NARROW Y02E · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lasergen, 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 Lawrence’s 37.6 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 (16%) Velocity 13.3 pts (35%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DMK Deutsches… · near

38
Expensify · near

38
Helmut Fischer… · near

38
Lawrence Berkeley… · this assignee

38
Universiti Malaya · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lawrence's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Lawrence?

Each dot is one of Lawrence’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). Lawrence’s own 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lawrence's grants concentrate

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Lawrence sits between Lasergen, Inc. and Lazzeri Genetica S.A.S. DI Dallago Franco & C..

Lawrence's three-year grant acceleration

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 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.

Lasergen

5
Launchpoint

5
Lava Therapeutics

5
Lavision

5
Lawter

5
Laxmi Therapeutic…

5
Layar B V

5
Lazzeri Genetica…

5
Lawrence Berkeley… ◀

5

What this shows Lawrence holds 5 patents at rank #48,286, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lawrence

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,286 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lawrence, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Lawrence ranks #2,995 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Universiti Malaya 38 Helmut Fischer GMBH Institut FÜR Elektronik UND Messtechnik 38 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH 38 Expensify, Inc. 38

Lawrence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	2	40.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

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

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 1

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

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #48,301 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory against Lasergen, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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

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