USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Life Technologies Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,296 granted patents across 116 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. 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).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,296

Total patents granted

116

CPC technology areas

14.2

Avg claims per patent

-8%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Life holds 1,296 US patents across 116 technology areas, rank #334 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#334
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.1/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -8%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Life Technologies Corporation has been granted 1,296 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Life Technologies Corporation at rank #334 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 116 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 14.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a US Corporation, Life Technologies Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Life sits between The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (1,309 patents, rank #330) and Nippon Steel Corporation (1,289 patents, rank #338) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 63.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 622 grants, compared with 674 in the 2015–2019 window, a -8% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Life Technologies Corporation's 14.2 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Life Technologies Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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1,309
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1,303
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1,301
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1,298
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1,296
Life ◀

1,296
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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.

Life's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#334

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Life Technologies Corporation hold?

Life Technologies Corporation holds 1,296 US granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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. The company has filed patents in 116 CPC subclasses total.

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

Life Technologies Corporation's recent filing velocity is -8% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing 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 falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

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.

How to use this portfolio

Life's 1,296 grants land it in the top 2% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Life ranks #334 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C12Q - see who else leads that technology area. C12Q leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.