Where does Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. ranks #1,381 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 Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. hold?

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. holds 304 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.5 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -16% 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 Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s patents?

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s patents average 20.4 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 Pacific Biosciences OF California, 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

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. focus on?

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'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 259 patents, ranking #8 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 46 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 304 granted patents across 46 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, Pacific ranks #1,381 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 304 patents across 46 technology areas.

#1,381
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1381 · US Corporation #1,381 · 304 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 304 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,381/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avent
CPC-WIDE C12Q · 46 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avent, Inc. (±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 Pacific’s 61.5 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 19.8 pts (32%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 24.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AyDeeKay · near

62
Barco · near

62
Beijing Jiaotong… · near

62
Pacific Biosciences… · this assignee

62
Yaskawa Denki · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pacific's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (top 3% 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 Pacific?

Each dot is one of Pacific’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). Pacific’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pacific's grants concentrate

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 85.2% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (40 grants) versus a trough of 21 in 2022. By volume, Pacific sits between Yahoo Assets LLC and ELC Management LLC.

Pacific's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. moved from 86 to 71 grants (0.83x 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 #1,737. See the growth leaderboard.

Yahoo Assets

305
Yandex Europe

305
Avent

304
Keyence

304
STC UNM

304
Webasto SE

304
Pacific Bioscienc… ◀

304
Deepmind

303
ELC Management

303

What this shows Pacific holds 304 patents at rank #1,381, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pacific

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,381 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pacific, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes), Pacific ranks #8 of 2,502 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki 62 Barco N.V. 62 AyDeeKay LLC 62 Beijing Jiaotong University 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Everspin Technologies, Inc. 20.4 avg National Oilwell Varco, L.P. 20.4 avg Pivotal Software, Inc. 20.4 avg STMicroelectronics SA 20.4 avg

Pacific's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	40	13.2%
2016	25	8.2%
2017	39	12.8%
2018	30	9.9%
2019	24	7.9%
2020	37	12.2%
2021	25	8.2%
2022	21	6.9%
2023	24	7.9%
2024	26	8.6%
2025partial year	13	4.3%

Which technologies does Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. 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 259

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 157

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 63

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 58

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 48

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 39

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 34

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 29

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 28

C07K - Peptides 27

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 26

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 22

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 19

C12Y - Enzymes 18

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 17

Top 15 of 46 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

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc.'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), 85.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #1,381 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. against Yahoo Assets LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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

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