Where does Aradigm Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aradigm Corporation ranks #17,449 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 Aradigm Corporation hold?

Aradigm Corporation holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Aradigm Corporation's Innovation Score?

Aradigm Corporation has an Innovation Score of 29.7 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aradigm Corporation focus on?

Aradigm Corporation's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 13 patents, ranking #1,747 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aradigm Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aradigm Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Aradigm Corporation's patents?

Aradigm Corporation's patents average 17.6 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 Aradigm Corporation 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

Aradigm Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Aradigm ranks #17,449 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.

#17,449
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.7/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17449 · US Corporation #17,449 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,449/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ANX IP Holding PTE
CPC-NARROW A61K · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ANX IP Holding PTE. 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.

How Aradigm’s 29.7 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aradigm · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aradigm's Innovation Score is 29.7/100 (32nd 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 Aradigm?

Each dot is one of Aradigm’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). Aradigm’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aradigm's grants concentrate

Aradigm Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Aradigm sits between ANX IP Holding PTE. Ltd. and ART, Ltd..

ANX IP Holding PTE

16
Applied Transform

16
Aptar Dortmund

16
Aptar Stelmi SAS

16
Architectural Bui…

16
Arjuna Natural Pr…

16
Arol S P A

16
ART

16
Aradigm ◀

16

What this shows Aradigm holds 16 patents at rank #17,421, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aradigm

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,421 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Aradigm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Aradigm Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	12.5%
2016	5	31.3%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Aradigm Corporation patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

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 7 of 7 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

Aradigm Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aradigm Corporation's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,449 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aradigm Corporation against ANX IP Holding PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.7/100 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.