Where does ThermoLife International, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ThermoLife International, LLC ranks #8,697 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does ThermoLife International, LLC hold?

ThermoLife International, LLC holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is ThermoLife International, LLC's Innovation Score?

ThermoLife International, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ThermoLife International, LLC focus on?

ThermoLife International, LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 33 patents, ranking #676 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is ThermoLife International, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ThermoLife International, LLC's recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for ThermoLife International, LLC's patents?

ThermoLife International, LLC's patents average 24.9 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.

How is the ThermoLife International, LLC 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

ThermoLife International, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 10 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thermolife ranks #8,697 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 10 technology areas.

#8,697
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8697 · US Corporation #8,697 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,697/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tata Steel
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +19% 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 Thermolife’s 41.7 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 (30%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 11.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ampleon Netherlands… · near

42
Intent IQ · near

42
Micro-epsilon-messte… · near

42
Nippon Steel &… · near

42
ThermoLife Internati… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thermolife's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 33% 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 Thermolife?

Each dot is one of Thermolife’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). Thermolife’s own 24.9 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.

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

Where Thermolife's grants concentrate

ThermoLife International, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 89.2% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Thermolife sits between Tata Steel Limited and Ubright Optronics Corporation.

Thermolife's three-year grant acceleration

ThermoLife International, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Tata Steel

37
Telect

37
The Steelstone Gr…

37
Thermo Scientific…

37
Toontrack Music AB

37
Toray Advanced Ma…

37
Triteq Lock and S…

37
Ubright Optronics

37
Thermolife Intern… ◀

37

What this shows ThermoLife holds 37 patents at rank #8,700, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ThermoLife

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,700 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in ThermoLife's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ThermoLife, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), ThermoLife ranks #676 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Materials Co., Ltd. 42 Intent IQ, LLC 42 Ampleon Netherlands B.V. 42 Micro-epsilon-messtechnik GMBH & Co. KG 42

Thermolife's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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ThermoLife International, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	13.5%
2016	1	2.7%
2017	2	5.4%
2018	1	2.7%
2019	7	18.9%
2020	5	13.5%
2021	6	16.2%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	3	8.1%
2025partial year	2	5.4%

Which technologies does ThermoLife International, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 33

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 23

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 21

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 17

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 9

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 2

B01D - Separation 2

C07J - Steroids 1

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 1

Top 10 of 10 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

ThermoLife International, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ThermoLife International, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 89.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #8,697 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ThermoLife International, LLC against Tata Steel Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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