Where does Allergan Sales, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Allergan Sales, LLC ranks #11,532 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 Allergan Sales, LLC hold?

Allergan Sales, LLC holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Allergan Sales, LLC's Innovation Score?

Allergan Sales, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Allergan Sales, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Allergan Sales, LLC's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Allergan Sales, LLC's patents?

Allergan Sales, LLC's patents average 11.7 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 Allergan Sales, LLC 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 US Corporation

Allergan Sales, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Allergan Sales, LLC focus on?

Allergan Sales, LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 23 patents. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 15 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Allergan ranks #11,532 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,532
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 11.7
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11532 · US Corporation #11,532 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,532/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ACE Light & Tech…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ACE Light & Electronic Tech (NINGBO) Co., Ltd. (±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
Allergan Sales · this assignee

34
Fabbrica D'armi… · near

34
Tongfu Microelectron… · near

34
Trinity North… · near

34
TVA Medical · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Allergan's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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.

Where Allergan's grants concentrate

Allergan Sales, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 88.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Allergan sits between ACE Light & Electronic Tech (NINGBO) Co., Ltd. and Amobee, Inc..

Allergan's three-year grant acceleration

Allergan Sales, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

ACE Light & Tech…

26
Adaptix

26
Aimpoint AB

26
ALD Vacuum

26
Allstate Solution…

26
American Honda Mo…

26
Amneal Pharmaceut…

26
Amobee

26
Allergan Sales ◀

26

What this shows Allergan holds 26 patents at rank #11,528, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Allergan

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,528 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Fabbrica D'armi Pietro Beretta S.P.A. 34 Trinity North American Freight CAR, Inc. 34 Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd. 34 TVA Medical, Inc. 34

Allergan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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Allergan Sales, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2016	1	3.8%
2017	2	7.7%
2018	3	11.5%
2019	7	26.9%
2020	1	3.8%
2021	6	23.1%
2022	1	3.8%
2024	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Allergan Sales, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 23

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 21

C07J - Steroids 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

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 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 1

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

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,532

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

34.0 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

Allergan Sales, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Allergan Sales, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 88.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #11,532 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Allergan Sales, LLC against ACE Light & Electronic Tech (NINGBO) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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