Where does Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #25,767 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 Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. hold?

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. focus on?

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 9 patents, ranking #2,057 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s patents?

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s patents average 23.7 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 Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. 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

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Aratana ranks #25,767 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,767
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 23.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25767 · US Corporation #25,767 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,767/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aqua BIO Technology…
CPC-NARROW A61P · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aqua BIO Technology ASA (±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 Aratana’s 40.4 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 14.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Aratana Therapeutics · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Aratana's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Aratana?

Each dot is one of Aratana’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). Aratana’s own 23.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Aratana's grants concentrate

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Aratana sits between Aqua BIO Technology ASA and Arista Cereal Technologies PTY Limited.

Aratana's three-year grant acceleration

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Aqua BIO Technolo…

10
Aquahydrex PTY

10
AR Packaging Syst…

10
Araceli Bioscienc…

10
Areva Stockage d'…

10
Argospect

10
Arilou Informatio…

10
Arista Cereal PTY

10
Aratana Therapeut… ◀

10

What this shows Aratana holds 10 patents at rank #25,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Aratana

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Aratana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2024	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

A23K - Fodder 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #25,767 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. against Aqua BIO Technology ASA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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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