Where does Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. ranks #14,446 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 Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. hold?

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 31.8 out of 100 (39th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -82% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s patents?

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s patents average 15.7 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 Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. 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

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. focus on?

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 12 patents, ranking #539 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alcon ranks #14,446 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 8 technology areas.

#14,446
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.8/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14446 · Foreign Corporation #14,446 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,446/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airgas
CPC-NARROW A61F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airgas, Inc. (±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.

How Alcon’s 31.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.5 pts (33%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 10.0 pts (31%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alcon Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alcon's Innovation Score is 31.8/100 (39th percentile 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Alcon?

Each dot is one of Alcon’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Alcon’s own 15.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Alcon vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Alcon's grants concentrate

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Alcon sits between AirStrip IP Holdings, LLC and Amlogic Co., Limited.

Alcon's three-year grant acceleration

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Airstrip IP Holdi…

20
Airgas

20
Akron Brass

20
Akston Biosciences

20
Aleris Rolled Pro…

20
Allot

20
Aloys F Dornbrach…

20
Amlogic

20
Alcon Pharmaceuti… ◀

20

What this shows Alcon holds 20 patents at rank #14,462, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alcon

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,462 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Alcon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	25.0%
2016	3	15.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	6	30.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

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 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #14,446 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alcon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. against AirStrip IP Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.8/100 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

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