Patent Theme
Advanced Biomarker Detection Assays
Methods and compositions for identifying, quantifying, or characterizing specific biological molecules (e.g., nucleic acids, proteins, metabolites, antibodies) or microbial species, often for diagnostic, prognostic, or quality control applications.
48,980 US filings from 12,181 companies since 2023 · 2023: 12,219 · 2024: 15,910 · 2025: 14,626 · 2026 YTD: 6,225
Material & Chemical Analysis
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | The Regents of the University of California | 683 | 184 | 213 | 205 | 81 | -3.8% |
| 2 | 10x Genomics, Inc. | 632 | 146 | 211 | 211 | 64 | 0.0% |
| 3 | Illumina, Inc. | 523 | 124 | 162 | 170 | 67 | +4.9% |
| 4 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 425 | 113 | 152 | 119 | 41 | -21.7% |
| 5 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 399 | 80 | 149 | 116 | 54 | -22.1% |
| 6 | LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 343 | 103 | 120 | 102 | 18 | -15.0% |
| 7 | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | 317 | 94 | 103 | 84 | 36 | -18.4% |
| 8 | President and Fellows of Harvard College | 317 | 97 | 88 | 86 | 46 | -2.3% |
| 9 | The General Hospital Corporation | 279 | 68 | 84 | 86 | 41 | +2.4% |
| 10 | HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION | 271 | 65 | 105 | 63 | 38 | -40.0% |
| 11 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | 266 | 66 | 80 | 82 | 38 | +2.5% |
| 12 | The Broad Institute, Inc. | 264 | 63 | 80 | 88 | 33 | +10.0% |
| 13 | SHIMADZU CORPORATION | 263 | 55 | 86 | 92 | 30 | +7.0% |
| 14 | ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC. | 246 | 52 | 55 | 89 | 50 | +61.8% |
| 15 | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. | 241 | 52 | 69 | 83 | 37 | +20.3% |
| 16 | The Johns Hopkins University | 241 | 59 | 74 | 76 | 32 | +2.7% |
| 17 | ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | 237 | 60 | 72 | 65 | 40 | -9.7% |
| 18 | Board of Regents, The University of Texas System | 229 | 51 | 76 | 77 | 25 | +1.3% |
| 19 | Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. | 215 | 55 | 80 | 56 | 24 | -30.0% |
| 20 | Genentech, Inc. | 202 | 41 | 66 | 66 | 29 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | 197 | 57 | 65 | 48 | 27 | -26.2% |
| 22 | FUJIFILM CORPORATION | 197 | 48 | 46 | 72 | 31 | +56.5% |
| 23 | Guardant Health, Inc. | 190 | 26 | 65 | 68 | 31 | +4.6% |
| 24 | GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED | 189 | 33 | 62 | 67 | 27 | +8.1% |
| 25 | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | 180 | 34 | 66 | 59 | 21 | -10.6% |