Where does Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy ranks #27,313 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 Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy hold?

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's Innovation Score?

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's patents?

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's patents average 10.7 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 Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy 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

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy

Q: What technology areas does Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy focus on?

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sartorius ranks #27,313 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 12 technology areas.

#27,313
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27313 · Foreign Corporation #27,313 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,313/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saphyre
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saphyre, 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
Sartorius Biohit… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sartorius's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% 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 Sartorius's grants concentrate

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sartorius sits between Saphyre, Inc. and Scorrboard LLC.

Sartorius's three-year grant acceleration

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Saphyre

10
Sapient Industries

10
Sapurast Research

10
Sarstedt & KG

10
Sartorius Stedim…

10
Satio

10
Schmidt & Bender…

10
Scorrboard

10
Sartorius Biohit… ◀

10

What this shows Sartorius holds 10 patents at rank #27,425, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sartorius

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,425 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE)

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

Sartorius's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2022	2	20.0%
2023	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#27,313

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.0 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

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #27,313 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sartorius Biohit Liquid Handling Oy against Saphyre, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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

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