Where does Theranos, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Theranos, Inc. ranks #4,308 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 Theranos, Inc. hold?

Theranos, Inc. holds 83 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Theranos, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Theranos, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.5 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Theranos, Inc. focus on?

Theranos, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 44 patents, ranking #336 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

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

Theranos, 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 Theranos, Inc.'s patents?

Theranos, Inc.'s patents average 14.2 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 Theranos, 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

Theranos, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Theranos ranks #4,308 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 83 patents across 31 technology areas.

#4,308
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.5/100): 14.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4308 · US Corporation #4,308 · 83 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 83 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,308/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tatsuta Electric…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable 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 Theranos’s 43.5 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 15.3 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 19.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
First Dome · near

44
Siemens Healthcare… · near

44
Tesat-Spacecom & KG · near

44
Theranos · this assignee

44
Vayyar Imaging · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Theranos's Innovation Score is 43.5/100 (top 28% 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 Theranos?

Each dot is one of Theranos’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). Theranos’s own 14.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Theranos's grants concentrate

Theranos, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 53% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (31 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Theranos sits between Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. and Winston Products LLC.

Tatsuta Electric…

83
Toyota Shatai

83
The Coleman

83
The Wistar Instit…

83
UIF (University I…

83
University OF Nor…

83
Vonage Business

83
Winston Products

83
Theranos ◀

83

What this shows Theranos holds 83 patents at rank #4,309, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Theranos

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,309 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Theranos, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Theranos ranks #336 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Vayyar Imaging Ltd. 44 First Dome Corporation 44 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH 44 Tesat-Spacecom GmbH & Co. KG 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.2 here).

Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. 14.2 avg Albemarle Corporation 14.2 avg The University of Toledo 14.2 avg Littelfuse, Inc. 14.2 avg

Theranos's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Theranos, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	24.1%
2016	31	37.3%
2017	31	37.3%
2018	1	1.2%

Which technologies does Theranos, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 44

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 28

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 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

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

B04B - Centrifuges 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 31 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

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

Theranos, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 53% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #4,308 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Theranos, Inc. against Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.5/100 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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