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Patent Landscape · Biosafety ContainmentBiosafety Containment Facility Design Patents: Who Leads and Where the Gaps Sit
- One filer dominates the ranked field. the leading assignee holds 50 records against a fifth-place and tenth-place count of just 2 each — a steep drop-off after the top spot.
- Ventilation engineering, not biology, is the busiest claim space. F24F air conditioning and ventilation appears in 67.9% of the 78 records in scope, far ahead of lab apparatus (B01L) at 30.8%.
- Filing peaked in 2025. activity reached 8 records that year after climbing from 4 in 2017, though the 2026 count is still partial due to publication lag.
78
Published Records
US
Leading Jurisdiction
32
Active Filers Ranked
2025
Peak Filing Year
Published byPatsnap Research··6 min readSourced from Patsnap Eureka
Field Overview
What this patent landscape covers
Biosafety containment facility design sits at the intersection of mechanical engineering and life-science infrastructure: pressure cascades, HEPA filter housings, effluent decontamination and airlock design are the recurring claim elements across this dataset. The search captures 78 published records spanning 2015 to the July 2026 cut-off, drawn from filings that combine containment-laboratory or biosafety-level language with pressure, filtration or airlock engineering terms. Publication lag means the most recent filing year always understates true activity, since patent offices typically publish roughly 18 months after filing.
The record set is dominated by modular cleanroom and containment-pod architectures rather than pure biology or diagnostics, which shapes the IPC composition described below: ventilation and structural classes outnumber lab-apparatus and sterilisation classes by a wide margin.
Filing activity, 2017-2026
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee ranking and totals. Derived from a Patsnap search on Biosafety Containment Facility Design covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
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The Data
Filing trend and technology composition
Two views of the same 78-record dataset: how filing volume has moved year over year, and which IPC subclasses carry the claim language.
Filing trend: a slow climb to a 2025 peak
Recorded filings rose from 4 in 2017 to a peak of 8 in 2025, the highest single year in the dataset. The 2026 figure of 2 is a partial-year count and should not be read as a decline; growth rate is not stated here because too few complete years remain after accounting for publication lag.
IPC composition: ventilation engineering leads
F24F (air conditioning and ventilation) appears in 67.9% of the 78 records in scope, well ahead of B01L (lab apparatus) at 30.8% and E04H (specialised buildings and structures) at 19.2%. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC classes, these shares sum to more than 100% — the chart is read against the 78-record total, not against each other.
Shares are the percentage of the 78 records in scope. A patent can carry several IPC classes, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Biosafety Containment Facility Design covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.
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The most-cited records in this dataset
Representative Filing
Modular parts that supply utilities to cleanroom, isolation or containment cubicles, pods, or modules
G-CON MANUFACTURING INC.
The filing covers a removable utility unit and removable utility room that deliver air, water, gas or electricity to a controlled-air, sealable, sterilizable cleanroom through a substantially hermetic connector between the removable unit and the cleanroom. The claim structure centers on modular utility delivery rather than the cleanroom shell itself.US20160010883A1, filed by G-CON Manufacturing, published 2016-01-14.
Highest-citation records
| # | Publication no. | Patent title | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US20160010883A1 | Modular parts that supply utilities to cleanroom, isolation or containment cubicles, pods, or modules | 84 |
| 2 | US20130109291A1 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 82 |
| 3 | US20110053486A1 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 54 |
| 4 | US20140211204A1 | Hand-held wireless platform and optics for measurement of DNA, RNA, micrornas, and other markers of pathogens… | 53 |
| 5 | US20070132262A1 | Mobile containerized autopsy facility | 47 |
| 6 | WO2011022325A2 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 30 |
| 7 | US20160010884A1 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 28 |
| 8 | US9765980B2 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 24 |
| 9 | US9518748B2 | Modular, self-contained, mobile clean room | 20 |
| 10 | WO2005040528A1 | Mobile containerized autopsy facility | 17 |
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What the numbers mean for a filing decision
Three findings that change where a new filing should sit, based only on the figures in this dataset.
Concentration
50 vs 2
leader vs fifth place, in records
One filer set the architecture, everyone else is filing around it
The leading assignee's record count is an order of magnitude above the fifth-place count of 2, which suggests the modular-cleanroom utility architecture was largely staked out early. New filers in this space are more likely to be claiming adjacent mechanical detail than the core modular concept.
Assignee ranking, 32 companies
Class Skew
67.9%
of 78 records carry F24F
Ventilation engineering carries the claim weight, not biosafety hardware
F24F (air conditioning and ventilation) touches more than two-thirds of records in scope, while sterilising and disinfecting (A61L) sits at 11.5%. Filings framed purely around biosafety equipment are competing in a thinner slice of the prior art than filings framed around airflow control.
IPC composition, 78-record base
Geography
US 17 · India 10
top two receiving offices
Filing activity is split across US, India and Israel receiving offices
The United States leads with 17 records, followed by India at 10 and Israel at 8, with Europe, Canada and Singapore each in single digits. This spread indicates the technology is being protected across several regional markets rather than concentrated in one jurisdiction.
Receiving office counts
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Source: Patsnap Eureka. Co-assignee relationships and derived observations. Derived from a Patsnap search on Biosafety Containment Facility Design covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
Players
Who is filing, and where the field is still open
The ranked field contains 32 companies, counted in records — this is the complete ranking the dataset returns, not a top-50 or top-100 cut.
Leader
50
records
A modular cleanroom pioneer sets the pace
The top-ranked assignee's record count dwarfs the rest of the field, consistent with early, broad filing around modular utility and cleanroom-pod architecture. Recent-year momentum data shows 0 filings in the latest year for this assignee, in line with the general pattern of the most recent year being undercounted due to publication lag.
Assignee ranking, position 1 of 32
Long Tail
2
records at 5th and 10th place
A flat tail behind the leader
Fifth place and tenth place both sit at 2 records, indicating a broad group of smaller filers rather than a clear second-tier challenger. This pattern typically favours new entrants who can find narrow, well-defined claim space rather than competing head-on with the leader.
Assignee ranking
Collaboration
10
co-assignee pairs
Co-filing is limited and mostly bilateral
The dataset records 10 co-assignee pairs, with the strongest pairing appearing 10 times and the next strongest pairs at 2 each. Most collaboration in this field appears to be between an engineering firm and a public health authority, or between a manufacturer and named individual inventors.
Co-assignee pair analysis
Recent-year filing momentum by assignee
| Assignee | Recent year | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| G-CON Manufacturing Inc. | 0 | — |
| G-CON LLC | 0 | — |
| Acre Engineering Pte | 0 | — |
| Health Sciences Authority | 0 | — |
| Volvo Truck Corporation | 0 | -100% |
| SHANAHAN DAVID M | 0 | — |
| MAPLES PHILLIP B | 0 | — |
| HOLTZ BARRY R | 0 | — |
Source: Patsnap Eureka. Assignee-level momentum. Derived from a Patsnap search on Biosafety Containment Facility Design covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish.Run this in Eureka MCP
What's Next
Where to take this analysis
The trend and composition data point to a field with one dominant early filer and a wide, thin tail — the next steps depend on whether the goal is freedom-to-operate or new filing strategy.
Map claims against the leader's portfolio
Before filing in modular cleanroom or utility-delivery architecture, check claim scope against the leading assignee's granted family, since its record count suggests broad early coverage.
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Sub-areas like effluent decontamination validation and commissioning verification show thinner filing density than the core ventilation classes, which may leave room for narrowly drafted claims.
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FAQ
Common questions on biosafety containment facility design patents
One assignee leads the ranked field with 50 records, far ahead of the rest of the 32 companies in the ranking, where fifth and tenth place each hold only 2 records. This gap suggests the leader filed broadly and early around modular cleanroom and containment-pod utility architecture. Anyone entering this space should review that portfolio closely before drafting claims in the same modular-utility area.
Air conditioning and ventilation engineering, classified under IPC F24F, appears in 67.9% of the 78 records in scope, making it the single most claimed technology area. Lab apparatus (B01L) follows at 30.8% and specialised buildings and structures (E04H) at 19.2%. Because records can carry multiple IPC classes, these figures overlap rather than summing to 100%, but the pattern is clear: airflow and pressure control, not biological equipment, carries most of the claim density.
Filing activity rose from 4 records in 2017 to a peak of 8 in 2025, the highest year in the dataset. The 2026 figure of 2 looks like a drop but is a partial-year count, since patent offices typically take about 18 months to publish a filing. A reliable growth rate cannot be stated from this data because too few complete years remain once that lag is accounted for.
The United States receives the most filings in this dataset at 17 records, followed by India at 10 and Israel at 8. Europe, Canada and Singapore each account for single-digit counts. This spread indicates that companies in this field are protecting their designs across several major markets rather than filing predominantly in one jurisdiction.
Sub-areas such as effluent decontamination validation loops, airlock pressure-cascade commissioning protocols and HEPA filter housing maintenance access design show comparatively thin filing density relative to the dominant ventilation and modular-cleanroom claims. These branches sit adjacent to well-covered core architecture but have not attracted the same volume of filings. A first claim here would likely need to be narrowly drafted around a specific verification, maintenance or sensor-integration method rather than the broader containment structure itself.
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