Where does Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. ranks #13,641 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 Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. hold?

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s patents?

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Qiagen Gaithersburg 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

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. focus on?

Qiagen Gaithersburg 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 11 patents, ranking #419 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Qiagen ranks #13,641 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 7 technology areas.

#13,641
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13641 · US Corporation #13,641 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,641/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Prove Identity
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Prove Identity, 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 Qiagen’s 31.3 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 10.8 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qiagen Gaithersburg · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qiagen's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th percentile 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 Qiagen?

Each dot is one of Qiagen’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). Qiagen’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qiagen's grants concentrate

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 50% 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 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Qiagen sits between Prove Identity, Inc. and Quantum Valley Investment Fund LP.

Prove Identity

22
Provincial Health…

22
Provivi

22
Q E D Environment…

22
Quixotic Holdings

22
Quality Vision In…

22
Quantaed

22
Quantum Valley In…

22
Qiagen Gaithersbu… ◀

22

What this shows Qiagen holds 22 patents at rank #13,637, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qiagen

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,637 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12Q (Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes)

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

Qiagen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	36.4%
2016	7	31.8%
2017	5	22.7%
2018	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Qiagen Gaithersburg 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 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Qiagen Gaithersburg 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), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #13,641 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qiagen Gaithersburg Inc. against Prove Identity, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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