Overall rank by patents
#22,142
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Afferent ranks #22,142 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 5 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R22142 · US Corporation #22,142 · 12 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Advertising.com Llc (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Afferent Pharmaceuti… · this assignee
29 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Afferent's Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (top 71% 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.
Afferent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Afferent sits between Advertising.com Llc and Alertenterprise, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Advertising.com LLC
12 patents
Advinus Therapeutics Limited
12 patents
Aemea Inc.
12 patents
Aerogel Technologies, LLC
12 patents
Agile Therapeutics, Inc.
12 patents
Aktivax, Inc.
12 patents
Alastin Skincare, Inc.
12 patents
AlertEnterprise, Inc.
12 patents
Afferent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12 patents
What this shows Afferent holds 12 patents at rank #22,195, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #22,195 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Afferent's primary technology class.
Afferent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
29 Top 71% higher than 29% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 16.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | 33.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 8.3% |
| 2022 | 3 | 25.0% |
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#22,142
of 50,000 tracked assignees
29.0 out of 100
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