Overall rank by patents
#17,451
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Ardea ranks #17,451 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R17451 · US Corporation #17,451 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Angion Biomedica Corp. (±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
Ardea Biosciences · this assignee
27 score
Autel NEW Energy · near
27 score
Bugmd · near
27 score
Dongguan Daxianguang… · near
27 score
Xebec Technology · near
27 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Ardea Biosciences, Inc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #17,451 of 50,000; Innovation Score 26.8/100 sits in the top 79% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Angion Biomedica Corp. (±0 grants).
Ardea Biosciences, Inc has been granted 16 US utility patents between 2015 and 2021, placing Ardea Biosciences, Inc at #17,451 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). As a US Corporation, Ardea Biosciences, Inc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Ardea sits between Angion Biomedica Corp. (16 patents, rank #17,456) and Aspentech Corporation (16 patents, rank #17,464) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 26.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 3 grants, compared with 13 in the 2015–2019 window, a -77% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Ardea Biosciences, Inc's 12.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Angion Biomedica Corp.
16 patents
Apicore US LLC
16 patents
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
16 patents
AquaBeam, LLC
16 patents
Arriver Software AB
16 patents
Arrowhead Research Corporation
16 patents
Asensus Surgical Europe S.a.r.l.
16 patents
AspenTech Corporation
16 patents
Ardea Biosciences, Inc
16 patents
What this shows Ardea holds 16 patents at rank #17,460, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #17,460 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Ardea's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ardea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (27 here).
Ardea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
27 Top 79% higher than 21% of 50,000 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2019 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 6.3% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#17,451
of 50,000 tracked assignees
26.8 out of 100
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