Where does Life Technologies Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Life Technologies Corporation ranks #334 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 Life Technologies Corporation hold?

Life Technologies Corporation holds 1,296 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 116 technology areas.

What is Life Technologies Corporation's Innovation Score?

Life Technologies Corporation has an Innovation Score of 63.1 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Life Technologies Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Life Technologies Corporation's recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Life Technologies Corporation's patents?

Life Technologies Corporation's patents average 14.2 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 Life Technologies Corporation 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

Life Technologies Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Life Technologies Corporation focus on?

Life Technologies Corporation's top technology area is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes) with 546 patents, ranking #2 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 116 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,296 granted patents across 116 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: C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Life ranks #334 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,296 patents across 116 technology areas.

#334
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.1/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R334 · US Corporation #334 · 1,296 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #334/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yamaha
CPC-WIDE C12Q · 116 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yamaha Corporation (±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 63.1 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 24.8 pts (39%) Velocity 4.9 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aristocrat Australia… · near

63
Life · this assignee

63
Magna Exteriors · near

63
AI Incorporated · near

63
Preferred Networks · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Life's Innovation Score is 63.1/100 (top 2% 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 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Life's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Life Technologies Corporation received 543 grants versus 674 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 152 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 92. Lead class C12Q accounts for 42.1% of the portfolio across 116 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (#330) and Nippon Steel Corporation (#338).

Life's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Life Technologies Corporation moved from 401 to 294 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,039. See the growth leaderboard.

The Goodyear Tire…

1,309
Komatsu

1,303
Biosense Webster…

1,301
Arizona Board OF…

1,298
Yamaha

1,296
Life ◀

1,296
Google Technology…

1,294
Makita

1,292
Nippon Steel

1,289

What this shows Life holds 1,296 patents at rank #334, 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 #334 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Life, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes), Life ranks #2 of 2,502 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited 63 Magna Exteriors Inc. 63 AI Incorporated 63 Preferred Networks, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.2 here).

Goodrich Corporation 14.2 avg Trading Technologies International, Inc. 14.2 avg Littelfuse, Inc. 14.2 avg The University of Toledo 14.2 avg

Life's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Life Technologies Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	116	9.0%
2016	138	10.6%
2017	117	9.0%
2018	151	11.7%
2019	152	11.7%
2020	136	10.5%
2021	113	8.7%
2022	92	7.1%
2023	94	7.3%
2024	108	8.3%
2025partial year	79	6.1%

Which technologies does Life Technologies Corporation patent most?

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 546

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 495

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 214

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 158

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 127

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 113

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 110

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 91

C12Y - Enzymes 71

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 68

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 58

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 57

C07K - Peptides 54

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 54

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 52

Top 15 of 116 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

Life Technologies Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Life Technologies Corporation's lead technology class is C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Micr), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #334 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Life Technologies Corporation against The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.1/100 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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