Where does Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. ranks #7,456 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 Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. hold?

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. focus on?

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 34 patents, ranking #449 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -41% 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 Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s patents?

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 Pierce Biotechnology, 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

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 22 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, Pierce ranks #7,456 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,456
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7456 · US Corporation #7,456 · 44 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,456/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH People
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: People Co., Ltd. (±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 Pierce’s 43.1 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 13.1 pts (30%) Velocity 4.1 pts (10%) Breadth 16.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CBS Interactive · near

43
Hangzhou Ruisheng… · near

43
Pierce Biotechnology · this assignee

43
Universität Heidelberg · near

43
Wisol · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pierce's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Pierce?

Each dot is one of Pierce’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). Pierce’s own 15.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pierce's grants concentrate

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 77.3% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Pierce sits between Pixia Corp. and Protochips, Inc..

Pierce's three-year grant acceleration

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Pixia

44
Prologium Holding

44
Protean Electric

44
People

44
Pivotal Commware

44
Portable Multimed…

44
Prismatic Sensors…

44
Protochips

44
Pierce Biotechnol… ◀

44

What this shows Pierce holds 44 patents at rank #7,459, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pierce

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,459 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pierce, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Pierce ranks #449 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Wisol Co., Ltd. 43 CBS Interactive Inc. 43 Hangzhou Ruisheng Software Co., Ltd. 43 Universität Heidelberg 43

Pierce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.8%
2016	6	13.6%
2017	6	13.6%
2018	7	15.9%
2019	5	11.4%
2020	6	13.6%
2021	2	4.5%
2022	1	2.3%
2023	2	4.5%
2024	5	11.4%
2025partial year	1	2.3%

Which technologies does Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 34

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 12

C07K - Peptides 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 7

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

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 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

C12Y - Enzymes 3

B01D - Separation 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

Pierce Biotechnology, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 77.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #7,456 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. against Pixia Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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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