Company Analysis

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Class A (BIO)

NYSE: BIO · Laboratory Analytical Instruments · Hercules, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.9
◀ Past 5.3● Present 6.3▶ Future 6.1

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

1,102 patents granted to the 16 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Class A’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,102
1,099 utility, 2 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
47
Against 61 in 2024 and 49 in 2023
Applications published
1,082
33 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
16
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Biotechnology92
Chemical engineering62
Measurement56
Analysis of biological materials30
Audio-visual technology6
Computer technology5
Organic fine chemistry5
Optics4
Medical technology3
Semiconductors2
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy1
Micro-structural and nano-technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name16 counted
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,046 granted
438 published
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
535 published
Bio-Rad Europe GmbH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent
27 granted
3 published
BIO-RAD EUROPE GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
0 granted
24 published
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., a corporation of the state of Delaware its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
24 published
DROPWORKS, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
4 published
Dropworks, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
12 published
Stilla Technologies a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
5 published
STILLA TECHNOLOGIES a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in FR
0 granted
8 published
BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in DE
0 granted
7 published
CURIOSITY DIAGNOSTICS SP. Z O.O. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in PL
0 granted
7 published
DiaMed GmbH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
6 granted
1 published
Celsee, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
6 published
DiaMed GmbH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
0 granted
6 published
CURIOSITY DIAGNOSTICS SP. Z O.O. a subsidiary
PL, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
BIO-RAD ABD SEROTEC GMBH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Names not counted (1)
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,503,727Digital assays with a generic reporterBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,496,578Assembly for pressure controlled fluid release and its method thereforeChemical engineeringStilla Technologies
Dec 16, 202512,496,567Polymer-hydroxyapatite composite membranesChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Dec 2, 202512,487,111Liquid level determinationComputer technologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,467,931Digital protein quantificationOrganic fine chemistryBio-Rad Europe GmbH
Nov 11, 202512,465,910Compositions, methods, and systems for sample processing with morphology-adjustable functionalized particlesChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,461,094Compositions and methods for molecular labelingAnalysis of biological materialsBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,460,248Method and system for sampling material from cellsBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Oct 28, 202512,454,718Digital analyte analysisBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Sep 9, 202512,410,427System and method for automated single cell processingChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 18, 20252025/0381552METHOD OF PREPARING POLYMER-FILLED CHROMATOGRAPHY RESINChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0362211MANIPULATION OF MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETSChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 27, 20252025/0361265MIXED MODE SUBTRACTIVE ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY LIGANDS BASED ON 4-(2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHOXY)ANILINE STRUCTURESChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0354199MULTIPLEX DETECTION WITH UNIVERSAL PROBESBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 20, 20252025/0354056POLYMER DOTSAnalysis of biological materialsBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0345785ANIONIC EXCHANGE-HYDROPHOBIC MIXED MODE CHROMATOGRAPHY RESINSChemical engineeringBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Oct 23, 20252025/0325983APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST DIGITAL DETECTIONBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Aug 14, 20252025/0258167DIGITAL AFFINITY LINKAGE ASSAYAnalysis of biological materialsBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Aug 7, 20252025/0250624EMULSION COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF THEIR USEBiotechnologyBio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Aug 7, 20252025/0249453SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERIAL FLOW EMULSION PROCESSESMeasurementDropworks, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Biotechnology 39 · Chemical engineering 22 · Measurement 11 · Analysis of biological materials 9 · Computer technology 3 · Optics 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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