Where does Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. ranks #13,162 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 Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. hold?

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. focus on?

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 21 patents, ranking #729 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s patents?

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s patents average 29.0 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 Slingshot Biosciences, 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

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Slingshot ranks #13,162 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,162
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 29.0
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13162 · US Corporation #13,162 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,162/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Chitado…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +333% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Chitado Technology Co., Ltd (±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 Slingshot’s 57.2 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 11.0 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 11.2 pts (20%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Slingshot Biosciences · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Slingshot's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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 Slingshot?

Each dot is one of Slingshot’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). Slingshot’s own 29.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Slingshot's grants concentrate

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 91.3% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Slingshot sits between Shenzhen Chitado Technology Co., Ltd and Spacelabs Healthcare L.L.C..

Slingshot's three-year grant acceleration

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Shenzhen Chitado…

23
Sien (Qingdao) In…

23
Sino-american Sil…

23
Skykick

23
Smiths Detection…

23
Sony Advanced Vis…

23
Sony Depthsensing…

23
Spacelabs Healthc…

23
Slingshot Bioscie… ◀

23

What this shows Slingshot holds 23 patents at rank #13,163, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Slingshot

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,163 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Slingshot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.3%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	1	4.3%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	1	4.3%
2022	1	4.3%
2023	5	21.7%
2024	5	21.7%
2025partial year	7	30.4%

Which technologies does Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 21

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 8

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C07K - Peptides 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 91.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #13,162 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Slingshot Biosciences, Inc. against Shenzhen Chitado Technology Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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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