Where does Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. ranks #8,696 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s patents?

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 US Corporation

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.

Q: How many patents does Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. hold?

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

Q: What is Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. focus on?

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 25 patents, ranking #601 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. 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 - 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermo ranks #8,696 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 15 technology areas.

#8,696
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,696/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tata Steel
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Thermo’s 38.6 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 12.6 pts (33%) Velocity 2.9 pts (7%) Breadth 13.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Cathworks · near

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Dinkle Electric… · near

39
Indyme Solutions · near

39
IQE · near

39
Thermo Scientific… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thermo's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Thermo's grants concentrate

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 67.6% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Thermo sits between Tris Pharma Inc and TriTeq Lock and Security, LLC.

Thermo's three-year grant acceleration

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Tris Pharma

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Tata Steel

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37
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Thermo Scientific… ◀

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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.

Companies ranked near Thermo

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,699 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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 G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Thermo ranks #601 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Indyme Solutions, LLC 39 Cathworks Ltd. 39 IQE plc 39 Dinkle Electric Machinery (CHINA) Co., Ltd. 39

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 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 Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 25

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 19

H05G - X-ray Technique 4

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G21G - Conversion OF Chemical ELEMENTS; Radioactive Sources 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 1

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 67.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #8,696 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. against Tris Pharma Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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