Where does Qiagen Waltham, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qiagen Waltham, Inc. ranks #37,119 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 Waltham, Inc. hold?

Qiagen Waltham, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Qiagen Waltham, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qiagen Waltham, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Qiagen Waltham, 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 Waltham, Inc.'s patents?

Qiagen Waltham, 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 Qiagen Waltham, 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 Waltham, Inc.

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

Qiagen Waltham, 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 5 patents, ranking #840 of 2,502 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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 #37,119 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#37,119
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37119 · US Corporation #37,119 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,119/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Q-bot
CPC-NARROW C12Q · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Q-bot Limited (±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 30.1 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qiagen Waltham · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qiagen's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 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 Waltham, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% 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 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Qiagen sits between Q-bot Limited and Qingdao Technological University.

Q-bot

7
Q-med AB

7
Q-net Security

7
Qed-it Systems

7
Qingdao Bright Me…

7
Qingdao Hisense M…

7
Qingdao Jiahe Yon…

7
Qingdao Technolog…

7
Qiagen Waltham ◀

7

What this shows Qiagen holds 7 patents at rank #37,094, 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 #37,094 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)

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Qiagen Waltham, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	28.6%
2018	4	57.1%
2019	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Qiagen Waltham, 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 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Waltham, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Qiagen Waltham, 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), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12Q
Ranked #37,119 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qiagen Waltham, Inc. against Q-bot Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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