Where does Molecular Devices, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molecular Devices, LLC ranks #4,728 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 Molecular Devices, LLC hold?

Molecular Devices, LLC holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Molecular Devices, LLC's Innovation Score?

Molecular Devices, LLC has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Molecular Devices, LLC focus on?

Molecular Devices, LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 40 patents, ranking #384 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Molecular Devices, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Molecular Devices, LLC's recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Molecular Devices, LLC's patents?

Molecular Devices, LLC's patents average 18.3 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 Molecular Devices, LLC 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

Molecular Devices, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 23 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molecular ranks #4,728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 23 technology areas.

#4,728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4728 · US Corporation #4,728 · 74 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kaohsiung Medical…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kaohsiung Medical University (±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 Molecular’s 48.4 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 14.9 pts (31%) Velocity 5.5 pts (11%) Breadth 17.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Axcelis · near

48
Columbia Sportswear… · near

48
Intra-cellular… · near

48
Molecular Devices · this assignee

48
The Stanley Works… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molecular's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 Molecular?

Each dot is one of Molecular’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). Molecular’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Molecular's grants concentrate

Molecular Devices, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 54.1% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Molecular sits between Kaohsiung Medical University and Pierburg GMBH.

Molecular's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Molecular Devices, LLC moved from 23 to 19 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Kaohsiung Medical…

74
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Luigi Lavazza S p…

74
Magnolia Medical

74
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74
Ncstar

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Physik Instrument…

74
Pierburg

74
Molecular Devices ◀

74

What this shows Molecular holds 74 patents at rank #4,728, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molecular

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,728 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Molecular, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Molecular ranks #384 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. 48 Axcelis Technologies, Inc. 48 The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. 48 Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Florida Power & Light Company 18.3 avg Silicon Graphics International Corp. 18.3 avg Sirrus, Inc. 18.3 avg Trustees OF Boston University 18.3 avg

Molecular's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Molecular Devices, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	13.5%
2016	3	4.1%
2017	6	8.1%
2018	11	14.9%
2019	5	6.8%
2020	8	10.8%
2021	10	13.5%
2022	5	6.8%
2023	7	9.5%
2024	7	9.5%
2025partial year	2	2.7%

Which technologies does Molecular Devices, LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 40

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 26

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 25

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 7

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 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 4

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 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 2

Top 15 of 23 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

Molecular Devices, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Molecular Devices, LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 54.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molecular Devices, LLC against Kaohsiung Medical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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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