Where does Thermo Finnigan LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermo Finnigan LLC ranks #1,597 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 Finnigan LLC hold?

Thermo Finnigan LLC holds 259 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Thermo Finnigan LLC's Innovation Score?

Thermo Finnigan LLC has an Innovation Score of 55.4 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Thermo Finnigan LLC focus on?

Thermo Finnigan LLC's top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 225 patents, ranking #15 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is Thermo Finnigan LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thermo Finnigan LLC's recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Thermo Finnigan LLC's patents?

Thermo Finnigan LLC's patents average 16.6 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 Finnigan LLC 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

Thermo Finnigan LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 259 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #1,597 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 259 patents across 35 technology areas.

#1,597
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.4/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1597 · US Corporation #1,597 · 259 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 259 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,597/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intel Deutschland
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intel Deutschland GmbH (±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 55.4 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 19.2 pts (35%) Velocity 5.4 pts (10%) Breadth 20.9 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B&R Industrial… · near

55
IEE International &… · near

55
Medicaroid · near

55
Thermo Finnigan · this assignee

55
Wal-mart Stores · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 55.4/100 (top 7% 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 16.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Thermo's grants concentrate

Thermo Finnigan LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 86.9% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (30 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2015. By volume, Thermo sits between Intel Deutschland GmbH and CSC Holdings, LLC.

Thermo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thermo Finnigan LLC moved from 87 to 70 grants (0.81x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,830. See the growth leaderboard.

Intel Deutschland

259
King Abdulaziz Ci…

259
Momentive Perform…

259
Sony Computer Ent…

259
Unify & KG

259
Workday

259
Thermo Finnigan ◀

259
Box

258
CSC Holdings

258

What this shows Thermo holds 259 patents at rank #1,597, 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 #1,597 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thermo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), Thermo ranks #15 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. 55 B&R Industrial Automation GmbH 55 Medicaroid Corporation 55 Wal-mart Stores, Inc. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Alfa Laval Corporate AB 16.6 avg InterDigital Technology Corporation 16.6 avg United States Postal Service 16.6 avg Idemia France 16.6 avg

Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Thermo Finnigan LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	5.8%
2016	23	8.9%
2017	21	8.1%
2018	27	10.4%
2019	29	11.2%
2020	30	11.6%
2021	28	10.8%
2022	22	8.5%
2023	24	9.3%
2024	24	9.3%
2025partial year	16	6.2%

Which technologies does Thermo Finnigan LLC patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 225

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 99

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

B01D - Separation 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 5

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 4

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

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

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 3

Top 15 of 35 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 Finnigan LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thermo Finnigan LLC's lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 86.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #1,597 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermo Finnigan LLC against Intel Deutschland GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.4/100 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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