Overall rank by patents
#1,590
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 260 granted patents across 44 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #1,590 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 260 patents across 44 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R1590 · Foreign Corporation #1,590 · 260 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Brocade Communications Systems LLC (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Biamp Systems · near
60 score
Morgan State… · near
60 score
Thermo Fisher… · this assignee
60 score
UCL Business · near
60 score
Chemtreat · near
60 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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.
Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 90.8% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (36 grants) versus a trough of 14 in 2023. By volume, Thermo sits between Kyushu University, National University Corporation and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH moved from 87 to 56 grants (0.64x 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 #2,324. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Kyushu University, National University Corporation
261 patents
Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
261 patents
Brocade Communications Systems LLC
260 patents
Eagle Technology, LLC
260 patents
Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH
260 patents
Apex Brands, Inc.
259 patents
Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
259 patents
Intel Deutschland GmbH
259 patents
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
259 patents
What this shows Thermo holds 260 patents at rank #1,590, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,590 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Thermo's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thermo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.7 here).
Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | 9.6% |
| 2016 | 18 | 6.9% |
| 2017 | 34 | 13.1% |
| 2018 | 23 | 8.8% |
| 2019 | 36 | 13.8% |
| 2020 | 29 | 11.2% |
| 2021 | 22 | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 16 | 6.2% |
| 2023 | 14 | 5.4% |
| 2024 | 26 | 10.0% |
| 2025partial year | 17 | 6.5% |
Top 15 of 44 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,590
of 49,997 tracked assignees
60.0 out of 100
What to do with this data
Thermo Fisher Scientific (BREMEN) GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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