Where does Promega Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Promega Corporation ranks #2,318 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 Promega Corporation hold?

Promega Corporation holds 169 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Promega Corporation's Innovation Score?

Promega Corporation has an Innovation Score of 54.6 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Promega Corporation's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Promega Corporation's patents?

Promega Corporation's patents average 16.0 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 Promega 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

Promega Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Promega Corporation focus on?

Promega Corporation'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 116 patents. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 169 granted patents across 42 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, Promega ranks #2,318 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 169 patents across 42 technology areas.

#2,318
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.6/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2318 · US Corporation #2,318 · 169 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 169 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,318/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hyundai Transys
CPC-WIDE C12Q · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyundai Transys 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Helmerich & Payne · near

55
Isuzu Motors · near

55
Promega · this assignee

55
University OF Guelph · near

55
Epcos · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Promega's Innovation Score is 54.6/100 (top 8% 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.

Where Promega's grants concentrate

Promega Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 68.6% 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 2018 (25 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2022. By volume, Promega sits between Hyundai Transys Inc. and Sunbeam Products, Inc..

Promega's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Promega Corporation moved from 53 to 35 grants (0.66x 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 #2,278. See the growth leaderboard.

Hyundai Transys

169
Idac Holdings

169
Nutech Ventures

169
Oshkosh Defense

169
Radiant Opto-

169
Rigaku

169
Shanghai Avic Opt…

169
Sunbeam Products

169
Promega ◀

169

What this shows Promega holds 169 patents at rank #2,318, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Promega

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,318 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Promega, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Isuzu Motors Limited 55 University OF Guelph 55 Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC 55 Epcos AG 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Dassault Systemes 16.0 avg Oshkosh Corporation 16.0 avg IFP Energies Nouvelles 16.0 avg BSH Hausgeräte GmbH 16.0 avg

Promega's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Promega Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	6.5%
2016	14	8.3%
2017	21	12.4%
2018	25	14.8%
2019	18	10.7%
2020	19	11.2%
2021	16	9.5%
2022	10	5.9%
2023	14	8.3%
2024	11	6.5%
2025partial year	10	5.9%

Which technologies does Promega Corporation 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 116

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 103

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 73

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 65

C12Y - Enzymes 53

C07K - Peptides 35

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 33

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 17

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 15

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 11

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

Top 15 of 42 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,318

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Promega Corporation'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), 68.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #2,318 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Promega Corporation against Hyundai Transys Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.6/100 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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