Where does Roche Operations Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Roche Operations Ltd. ranks #42,710 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 Roche Operations Ltd. hold?

Roche Operations Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Roche Operations Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Roche Operations Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 17.0 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Roche Operations Ltd. focus on?

Roche Operations Ltd.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents, ranking #2,307 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Roche Operations Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Roche Operations Ltd.'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 Roche Operations Ltd.'s patents?

Roche Operations Ltd.'s patents average 8.8 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 Roche Operations Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Roche Operations Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Roche ranks #42,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#42,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.0/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42710 · Foreign Corporation #42,710 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Robo Industries
CPC-NARROW G01N · 2 areas
INNOV-LOW 17.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Robo Industries, 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 Roche’s 17.0 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 6.7 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heeling Sports · near

17
Roche Operations · this assignee

17
Gabriella White · near

17
Lenstec Barbados · near

17
Horteve Breeding BV · near

17
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Roche's Innovation Score is 17.0/100 (4th 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 Roche?

Each dot is one of Roche’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). Roche’s own 8.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Roche's grants concentrate

Roche Operations Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Roche sits between Robo Industries, Inc. and Rockwell Collins France S.A.S..

Robo Industries

6
Robson Forensic

6
Robust AI

6
Roche Diagnostics

6
Rochester Gauges

6
Rochester Medical…

6
Rochester Sensors

6
Rockwell Collins…

6
Roche Operations ◀

6

What this shows Roche holds 6 patents at rank #42,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Roche

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,699 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Roche, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Roche ranks #2,307 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (17 here).

Heeling Sports Limited 17 Gabriella White, LLC 17 Lenstec Barbados Inc. 17 Horteve Breeding BV 17

Roche's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Roche Operations Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Roche Operations Ltd. patent most?

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

Top 2 of 2 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

Roche Operations Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Roche Operations Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #42,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Roche Operations Ltd. against Robo Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 17.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.