Where does LifeCell Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LifeCell Corporation ranks #3,041 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 LifeCell Corporation hold?

LifeCell Corporation holds 125 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is LifeCell Corporation's Innovation Score?

LifeCell Corporation has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is LifeCell Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LifeCell Corporation's recent grant velocity is -35% 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 LifeCell Corporation's patents?

LifeCell Corporation's patents average 17.6 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 LifeCell 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

LifeCell Corporation

Q: What technology areas does LifeCell Corporation focus on?

LifeCell Corporation's top technology area is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles) with 84 patents, ranking #20 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 125 granted patents across 34 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: A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lifecell ranks #3,041 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 125 patents across 34 technology areas.

#3,041
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3041 · US Corporation #3,041 · 125 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 125 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,041/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heraeus Quarzglas & KG
CPC-FOCUS A61L · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heraeus Quarzglas GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Lifecell’s 48.9 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 16.7 pts (34%) Velocity 1.1 pts (2%) Breadth 20.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Array BioPharma · near

49
Astellas Pharma · near

49
Huawei Device… · near

49
LifeCell · this assignee

49
Vorbeck Materials · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lifecell's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Lifecell?

Each dot is one of Lifecell’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). Lifecell’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lifecell's grants concentrate

LifeCell Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 67.2% of grants classified under A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (25 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Lifecell sits between Heraeus Quarzglas GMBH & Co. KG and Petsmart Home Office, Inc..

Lifecell's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, LifeCell Corporation moved from 63 to 10 grants (0.16x 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 #3,134. See the growth leaderboard.

Heraeus Quarzglas…

125
Hgci

125
Industry Foundati…

125
Kabo Tool

125
Monday COM

125
New-tec Integrati…

125
O2cool

125
Petsmart Home Off…

125
Lifecell ◀

125

What this shows LifeCell holds 125 patents at rank #3,041, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LifeCell

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,041 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LifeCell, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…), LifeCell ranks #20 of 2,589 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. 49 Astellas Pharma Inc. 49 Vorbeck Materials Corp. 49 Array BioPharma, Inc. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Compass Therapeutics LLC 17.6 avg Leica Geosystems AG 17.6 avg SK Hynix Memory Solutions Inc. 17.6 avg Sonova AG 17.6 avg

Lifecell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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LifeCell Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	6.4%
2016	18	14.4%
2017	10	8.0%
2018	15	12.0%
2019	24	19.2%
2020	25	20.0%
2021	14	11.2%
2022	3	2.4%
2023	5	4.0%
2024	2	1.6%
2025partial year	1	0.8%

Which technologies does LifeCell Corporation patent most?

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 84

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 47

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 34

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

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 19

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

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 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 4

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 4

Top 15 of 34 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

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

LifeCell Corporation's lead technology class is A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES;), 67.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #3,041 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LifeCell Corporation against Heraeus Quarzglas GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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