Overall rank by patents
#21,906
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 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: G01T (MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #21,906 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21906 · Foreign Corporation #21,906 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States Of America As Represented By The Department Of Veteran Affairs (±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
Korea Internet & Sec… · near
36 score
Viavi Solutions UK · near
36 score
Takara BIO · near
36 score
Thermo Fisher Scient… · this assignee
36 score
Deublin · near
36 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 Messtechnik Gmbh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under G01T (MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Thermo sits between The United States Of America As Represented By The Department Of Veteran Affairs and Tiangong University.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
13 patents
The University of Greenwich
13 patents
Theken Spine, LLC
13 patents
Thermal Corp.
13 patents
Think Therapeutics, Inc.
13 patents
Thinoptics, Inc.
13 patents
Thomas Engineering Solutions & Consulting, LLC
13 patents
Tiangong University
13 patents
Thermo Fisher Scientific Messtechnik GmbH
13 patents
What this shows Thermo holds 13 patents at rank #21,935, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,935 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 (36 here).
Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2021 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2022 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 15.4% |
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,906
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.0 out of 100
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