Where does Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. ranks #43,642 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 39.4 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s patents average 6.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.

Q: How many patents does Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. hold?

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

Q: How is the Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #43,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.4/100): 6.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43642 · Foreign Corporation #43,642 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Williamette Valley
CPC-NARROW C12M · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Williamette Valley Company 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
California Innovations · near

39
Euro-Celtique · near

39
JF Polymers (SUZHOU) · near

39
Resource Consortium · near

39
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39
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 39.4/100 (top 38% 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.

Where Thermo's grants concentrate

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 16.7% of grants classified under C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Thermo sits between The Williamette Valley Company LLC and ThisCap, Inc..

Thermo's three-year grant acceleration

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows Thermo holds 6 patents at rank #43,681, 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 #43,681 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR Microbiology)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

JF Polymers (SUZHOU) Co., Ltd. 39 California Innovations Inc. 39 Euro-Celtique S.A. 39 Resource Consortium Limited, LLC 39

Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	16.7%
2024	4	66.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. patent most?

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#43,642

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C12M (Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Ferme), 16.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12M
Ranked #43,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermo Fisher Scientific (Shanghai) Instruments Co., Ltd. against The Williamette Valley Company LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.