Verily Life Sciences LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 926 granted patents across 141 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Verily ranks #478 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 926 patents across 141 technology areas.
- #478
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 2%
- by Innovation Score (64.6/100)
- 18.8
- avg claims per patent
- +39%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R478 · US Corporation #478 · 926 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 926 grants
- TOP-DECILE #478/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Zeon
- CPC-WIDE A61B · 141 areas
- INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-UP +39% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Zeon Corporation (±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 Verily’s 64.6 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Verily
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Verily Life Sciences · this assignee
Verily Life Sciences · this assignee
65 score
- HRL Laboratories · near
HRL Laboratories · near
65 score
- Olympus · near
Olympus · near
65 score
- San Diego State… · near
San Diego State… · near
65 score
- Trinamix · near
Trinamix · near
65 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Verily's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (top 2% 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 Verily?
Each dot is one of Verily’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). Verily’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
How Verily's grant cadence moved
Between 2020–2024, Verily Life Sciences LLC received 498 grants versus 358 in 2015–2019 (+39% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 131 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 36. Lead class A61B accounts for 51.2% of the portfolio across 141 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Wacom Co., Ltd. (#474) and THE University OF Tokyo (#482).
Verily's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Verily Life Sciences LLC moved from 367 to 258 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,144. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Verily's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Wacom
Wacom Co., Ltd.
933 patents
- Lumileds
Lumileds LLC
930 patents
- IHI
IHI Corporation
928 patents
- Level 3 Communica…
Level 3 Communications, LLC
928 patents
- Zeon
Zeon Corporation
926 patents
- Verily Life Scien… ◀
Verily Life Sciences LLC
926 patents
- Eaton
Eaton Corporation
924 patents
- Baidu USA
Baidu USA LLC
922 patents
- THE University OF…
THE University OF Tokyo
920 patents
What this shows Verily holds 926 patents at rank #478, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Verily
By rank, the assignees closest to #478 in granted patent volume.
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Verily's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Verily, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Verily ranks #34 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).
Verily's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
65 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36 | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 85 | 9.2% |
| 2018 | 110 | 11.9% |
| 2019 | 127 | 13.7% |
| 2020 | 131 | 14.1% |
| 2021 | 109 | 11.8% |
| 2022 | 89 | 9.6% |
| 2023 | 87 | 9.4% |
| 2024 | 82 | 8.9% |
| 2025partial year | 70 | 7.6% |
Which technologies does Verily Life Sciences LLC patent most?
Top 15 of 141 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Verily Life Sciences LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Verily Life Sciences LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 51.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #478 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Verily Life Sciences LLC against Wacom Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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.
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.