Life Detection Technologies, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 6 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Life ranks #21,381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 6 technology areas.
- #21,381
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 11%
- by Innovation Score (51.8/100)
- 23.4
- avg claims per patent
- +300%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21381 · US Corporation #21,381 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
- MID-PACK #21,381/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Lakewood Amedex
- CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
- INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +300% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Lakewood Amedex, 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 Life’s 51.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Life
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Life Detection · this assignee
Life Detection · this assignee
52 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Life's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 Life?
Each dot is one of Life’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). Life’s own 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Life's grants concentrate
Life Detection Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Life sits between Lakewood Amedex, Inc. and Lightbend, Inc..
Life's three-year grant acceleration
Life Detection Technologies, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.
Who files at Life's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Lakewood Amedex
Lakewood Amedex, Inc.
13 patents
- Lansinoh Laborato…
Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
13 patents
- Lavazza Professio…
Lavazza Professional North America, LLC
13 patents
- Lead Discovery Ce…
Lead Discovery Center GmbH
13 patents
- Life Edit Therape…
Life Edit Therapeutics, Inc.
13 patents
- Lift-u Division o…
Lift-U, Division of Hogan Mfg., Inc.
13 patents
- Ligchine Internat…
Ligchine International Corporation
13 patents
- Lightbend
Lightbend, Inc.
13 patents
- Life Detection ◀
Life Detection Technologies, Inc.
13 patents
What this shows Life holds 13 patents at rank #21,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Life
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,389 in granted patent volume.
- Lakewood Amedex, Inc. #21,385 · 13 patents
- Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc. #21,386 · 13 patents
- Lavazza Professional North America, LLC #21,387 · 13 patents
- Lead Discovery Center GmbH #21,388 · 13 patents
- Life Edit Therapeutics, Inc. #21,390 · 13 patents
- Lift-U, Division of Hogan Mfg., Inc. #21,391 · 13 patents
- Ligchine International Corporation #21,392 · 13 patents
- Lightbend, Inc. #21,393 · 13 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Life's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Life's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 23.1% |
Which technologies does Life Detection Technologies, Inc. patent most?
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Life Detection Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Life Detection Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #21,381 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Life Detection Technologies, Inc. against Lakewood Amedex, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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.
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