Where does Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited ranks #6,480 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 Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited hold?

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's Innovation Score?

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited focus on?

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's top technology area is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE) with 49 patents, ranking #30 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's recent grant velocity is +320% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's patents?

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's patents average 17.4 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 Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited 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

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sharp ranks #6,480 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,480
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +320%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6480 · Foreign Corporation #6,480 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,480/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sartorius Stedim…
CPC-FOCUS B01L · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +320% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sartorius Stedim North America 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 Sharp’s 42.7 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 13.7 pts (32%) Velocity 3.1 pts (7%) Breadth 15.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Epir · near

43
Kose · near

43
NoCell · near

43
Senior IP · near

43
Sharp Life Science… · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sharp's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Sharp?

Each dot is one of Sharp’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). Sharp’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sharp's grants concentrate

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 94.2% of grants classified under B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Sharp sits between Shop VAC Corporation and THE Gleason Works.

Sharp's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited moved from 32 to 15 grants (0.47x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Shop VAC

52
Sierra Wireless

52
Soremartec

52
Sartorius Stedim…

52
Sun Hydraulics

52
Sutro Biopharma

52
Technology Resear…

52
THE Gleason Works

52
Sharp Life Scienc… ◀

52

What this shows Sharp holds 52 patents at rank #6,486, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sharp

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,486 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sharp, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), Sharp ranks #30 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Kose Corporation 43 Senior IP GmbH 43 NoCell Technologies, LLC 43 Epir, Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Universitat Politècnica de València 17.4 avg Aveva Software, LLC 17.4 avg Varjo Technologies 0y 17.4 avg Face International Corporaton 17.4 avg

Sharp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	3.8%
2018	3	5.8%
2019	5	9.6%
2020	14	26.9%
2021	13	25.0%
2022	8	15.4%
2023	3	5.8%
2024	4	7.7%

Which technologies does Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited patent most?

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 49

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

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 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited's lead technology class is B01L (Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE), 94.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01L
Ranked #6,480 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sharp Life Science (EU) Limited against Shop VAC Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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