Where does Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited ranks #27,638 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 Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited hold?

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's Innovation Score?

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited'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 Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's patents?

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's patents average 20.3 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 Thermo Electron Manufacturing 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

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited

Q: What technology areas does Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited focus on?

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 7 patents, ranking #2,018 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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, Thermo ranks #27,638 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 14 technology areas.

#27,638
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27638 · Foreign Corporation #27,638 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,638/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The United States…
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (±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 Thermo’s 33.7 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 Thermo?

Each dot is one of Thermo’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). Thermo’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thermo's grants concentrate

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Thermo sits between The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd..

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What this shows Thermo holds 10 patents at rank #27,659, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thermo

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,659 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

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

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Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	3	30.0%
2018	4	40.0%
2019	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B01D - Separation 5

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

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #27,638 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited against The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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