Illumina has a total of 14690 patents globally, out of which 6637 have been granted. Of these 14690 patents, more than 77% patents are active. United States of America is where Illumina has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe (EPO) and China. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Illumina.
Illumina was founded in 1998 by Larry Bock and Anthony Czarnik. Illumina develops, manufactures and markets integrated systems for the large scale analysis of genetic variation and biological function. The Company provides a comprehensive line of products and services that currently serve the sequencing, genotyping and gene expression markets for genomic research centers, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and biotechnology companies.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Illumina which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Illumina patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Illumina patent portfolio.
How many patents does Illumina have?
Illumina has a total of 14690 patents globally. These patents belong to 2845 unique patent families. Out of 14690 patents, 11389 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Illumina File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Illumina Applications Filed | Illumina Patents Granted |
| 2026 | 18 | 277 |
| 2025 | 344 | 853 |
| 2024 | 821 | 874 |
| 2023 | 1278 | 820 |
| 2022 | 1719 | 808 |
| 2021 | 1450 | 773 |
| 2020 | 1572 | 530 |
| 2019 | 1636 | 394 |
| 2018 | 1171 | 229 |
| 2017 | 956 | 183 |
How many Illumina patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Illumina File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Illumina Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States of America | 2729 |
| Europe (EPO) | 1353 |
| China | 1031 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 966 |
| Australia | 862 |
| Japan | 763 |
| Canada | 760 |
| Singapore | 635 |
| Korea (South) | 605 |
| India | 380 |
| Israel | 367 |
| Brazil | 339 |
| Taiwan | 273 |
| Mexico | 259 |
| Russia | 236 |
| Spain | 236 |
| South Africa | 212 |
| Malaysia | 190 |
| Denmark | 177 |
| New Zealand | 107 |
| Saudi Arabia | 86 |
| Poland | 57 |
| Ireland | 54 |
| Vietnam | 51 |
| Philippines | 51 |
| Thailand | 50 |
| Netherlands | 50 |
| Portugal | 50 |
| Germany | 48 |
| Indonesia | 46 |
| Austria | 44 |
| United Kingdom | 39 |
| Turkey | 37 |
| Finland | 24 |
| Costa Rica | 24 |
| Hungary | 21 |
| Latvia | 20 |
| Bulgaria | 19 |
| Lithuania | 19 |
| Slovenia | 18 |
| Colombia | 17 |
| Chile | 9 |
| Croatia | 9 |
| Argentina | 8 |
| Serbia | 8 |
| Macao | 5 |
| Morocco | 4 |
| Romania | 4 |
| Republic Of Moldova | 3 |
| Uruguay | 3 |
| Eurasia | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Tunisia | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Africa | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Illumina Patents Located?
10 Best Illumina Patents
US7115400B1 is the most popular patent in the Illumina portfolio. It has received 2235 citations so far from companies like Ibis Biosciences Inc, Esoterix Genetic Laboratories and Philips.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Illumina:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US7115400B1 | 2235 |
| US20080009420A1 | 1086 |
| WO2006064199A1 | 903 |
| US7582420B2 | 742 |
| WO2012061832A1 | 713 |
| US7329860B2 | 539 |
| US8778849B2 | 496 |
| US20080242560A1 | 495 |
| US8241573B2 | 463 |
| US8003354B2 | 458 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Illumina Patents
Top Illumina Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7439014B2 | 38 |
| US8613889B2 | 24 |
| US6773566B2 | 22 |
| US6890741B2 | 20 |
| US9080211B2 | 18 |
| US20120010091A1 | 16 |
| US7741463B2 | 16 |
| US6565727B1 | 15 |
| US7901947B2 | 14 |
| US8137912B2 | 14 |
| US20100270156A1 | 14 |
| US20080242560A1 | 13 |
| US8241573B2 | 13 |
| US7939021B2 | 13 |
| US8053192B2 | 12 |
What Percentage of Illumina US Patent Applications were Granted?
Illumina (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1796 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 939 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 80.74%.
Below are the key stats of Illumina patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms are managing US Patents for Illumina?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Illumina (Inhouse IP Dept.) | 397 | 87.51% |
| Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Llp | 283 | 80.17% |
| Keller Preece Pllc | 120 | 100.00% |
| Fletcher Yoder | 113 | 97.17% |
| Marshall Gerstein & Borun Llp | 95 | 100.00% |
| Dierker & Kavanaugh Pc | 74 | 20.00% |
| Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton Llp | 72 | 78.57% |
| The Small Patent Law Group Llc | 68 | 85.07% |
| Brown Rudnick Llp | 65 | 40.00% |
| Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc | 64 | 89.29% |
“We are proud to continue our tradition of driving down the cost of sequencing without compromising accuracy,” said Omead Ostadan, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Products at Illumina. “NextSeq 1000 and 2000 are designed to enable core labs, small to medium research labs and clinical facilities to access high intensity sequencing applications using our industry-leading SBS technology.”
Illumina’s NovaSeqDx platform will address growing demand for a Dx platform to support deeper sequencing at higher throughput. The company also announced the development of a regulatory-cleared version of its high-throughput NovaSequ system, with commercial availability targeted for 2022.
“At Illumina, we are focused on three key areas to scale the reach and impact of genomics—enabling breakthrough genomics research, accelerating the clinical adoption of genomics and delivering fundamentally enabling technology innovations,” said Francis deSouza, Chief Executive Officer at Illumina. “The NextSeq 1000 and 2000 Sequencing Systems, TruSight Software and our partnership with Roche, will accelerate the adoption of research and clinical sequencing for the benefit of humanity.”
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What are Illumina’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Illumina?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Illumina in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Illumina thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Illumina search focus changed over the years?
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