Where does Ablynx N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ablynx N.V. ranks #2,621 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Ablynx N.V. hold?

Ablynx N.V. holds 148 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Ablynx N.V.'s Innovation Score?

Ablynx N.V. has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ablynx N.V. focus on?

Ablynx N.V.'s top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 142 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ablynx N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ablynx N.V.'s recent grant velocity is +4% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Ablynx N.V.'s patents?

Ablynx N.V.'s patents average 15.5 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Ablynx N.V. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Ablynx N.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 148 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ablynx ranks #2,621 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 148 patents across 15 technology areas.

#2,621
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2621 · Foreign Corporation #2,621 · 148 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 148 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,621/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH B Braun Avitum
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: B. Braun Avitum AG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qomplx · near

47
Ablynx · this assignee

47
Brocade Communicatio… · near

47
Denki Kagaku Kogyo · near

47
HP Scitex · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ablynx's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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.

Where Ablynx's grants concentrate

Ablynx N.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 95.9% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (21 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2019. By volume, Ablynx sits between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Deutsches Zentrum FÜR LUFT—UND Raumfahrt E.V..

Ablynx's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ablynx N.V. moved from 39 to 39 grants (1.00x 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 #1,195. See the growth leaderboard.

The Hong Kong Pol…

149
Thunder Power New…

149
Varjo 0y

149
ZIH

149
B Braun Avitum

148
Barefoot Networks

148
Casale

148
Deutsches Zentrum…

148
Ablynx ◀

148

What this shows Ablynx holds 148 patents at rank #2,621, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ablynx

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,621 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ablynx's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ablynx, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Brocade Communications Systems LLC 47 HP Scitex Ltd. 47 Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 47 Qomplx LLC 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. 15.5 avg Kennametal Inc. 15.5 avg Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15.5 avg ZF Automotive Germany GmbH 15.5 avg

Ablynx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ablynx N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	10.1%
2016	14	9.5%
2017	18	12.2%
2018	16	10.8%
2019	6	4.1%
2020	12	8.1%
2021	21	14.2%
2022	20	13.5%
2023	8	5.4%
2024	11	7.4%
2025partial year	7	4.7%

Which technologies does Ablynx N.V. patent most?

C07K - Peptides 142

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 116

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 110

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 14

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 9

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C40B - Combinatorial CHEMISTRY; Libraries, e.g. Chemical Libraries 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,621

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

46.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ablynx N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ablynx N.V.'s lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 95.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #2,621 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ablynx N.V. against The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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.