Where does LipoScience, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LipoScience, Inc. ranks #11,331 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 LipoScience, Inc. hold?

LipoScience, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is LipoScience, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

LipoScience, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does LipoScience, Inc. focus on?

LipoScience, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 24 patents, ranking #618 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is LipoScience, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LipoScience, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -7% 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 LipoScience, Inc.'s patents?

LipoScience, Inc.'s patents average 22.1 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 LipoScience, Inc. 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

LipoScience, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Liposcience ranks #11,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 9 technology areas.

#11,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11331 · US Corporation #11,331 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Latchways
CPC-NARROW G01N · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Latchways plc (±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 Liposcience’s 41.3 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 11.5 pts (28%) Velocity 5.9 pts (14%) Breadth 10.6 pts (26%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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C Uyemura & · near

41
GTX · near

41
Johann Wolfgang… · near

41
LipoScience · this assignee

41
Senomyx · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Liposcience's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% 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 Liposcience?

Each dot is one of Liposcience’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). Liposcience’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Liposcience's grants concentrate

LipoScience, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 88.9% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Liposcience sits between Latchways plc and Magna Closures S.P.A..

Liposcience's three-year grant acceleration

LipoScience, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Latchways

27
Leica Microsystem…

27
Leopold Kostal &…

27
Limflow

27
Lovepop

27
Loyola University…

27
M E P Macchine El…

27
Magna Closures S…

27
Liposcience ◀

27

What this shows LipoScience holds 27 patents at rank #11,331, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LipoScience

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,331 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LipoScience, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), LipoScience ranks #618 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

GTX Corp 41 C.Uyemura & Co., Ltd. 41 Senomyx, Inc. 41 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main 41

Liposcience's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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LipoScience, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	18.5%
2017	4	14.8%
2018	1	3.7%
2019	4	14.8%
2020	2	7.4%
2021	3	11.1%
2022	1	3.7%
2023	3	11.1%
2024	4	14.8%

Which technologies does LipoScience, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 23

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 9

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 2

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 9 of 9 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

LipoScience, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LipoScience, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 88.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #11,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LipoScience, Inc. against Latchways plc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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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