Overall rank by patents
#8,696
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 15 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: G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #8,696 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 15 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R8696 · US Corporation #8,696 · 37 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tata Steel Limited (±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
Cathworks · near
39 score
Dinkle Electric Mach… · near
39 score
Indyme Solutions · near
39 score
IQE · near
39 score
Thermo Scientific Po… · this assignee
39 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #8,696 of 50,000; Innovation Score 38.6/100 sits in the top 40% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Tata Steel Limited (±0 grants).
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. has been granted 37 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. at #8,696 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 15 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in G01N (INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES). As a US Corporation, Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Thermo sits between TRIS Pharma Inc (37 patents, rank #8,695) and Triteq Lock And Security, Llc (37 patents, rank #8,703) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.6/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 27 in the 2015–2019 window, a -67% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s 15.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 15 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
TRIS PHARMA INC
37 patents
Tata Steel Limited
37 patents
Telect, Inc.
37 patents
The Steelstone Group LLC
37 patents
ThermoLife International, LLC
37 patents
Toontrack Music AB
37 patents
Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc.
37 patents
TriTeq Lock and Security, LLC
37 patents
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.
37 patents
What this shows Thermo holds 37 patents at rank #8,699, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #8,699 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 (39 here).
Thermo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | 24.3% |
| 2016 | 8 | 21.6% |
| 2017 | 4 | 10.8% |
| 2018 | 5 | 13.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 2.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | 10.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 5.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 5.4% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 2.7% |
Top 15 of 15 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#8,696
of 50,000 tracked assignees
38.6 out of 100
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