Where does Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #10,855 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 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd 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 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 25 patents, ranking #342 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -35% 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 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, 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

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ariad ranks #10,855 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 6 technology areas.

#10,855
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10855 · US Corporation #10,855 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,855/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amphenol Commercial…
CPC-NARROW C07D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) 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.

How Ariad’s 32.6 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 11.6 pts (36%) Velocity 2.0 pts (6%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ariad Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

33
Balenciaga · near

33
LeChat · near

33
New Relic · near

33
Truelite Trace · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ariad's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 Ariad?

Each dot is one of Ariad’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). Ariad’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ariad's grants concentrate

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 89.3% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ariad sits between Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. and Atos Medical AB.

Ariad's three-year grant acceleration

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Amphenol Commerci…

28
Anapass

28
Apothecary Produc…

28
Aptinyx

28
Aspen Technology

28
Atlas Copco IAS UK

28
Atlas Copco Rock…

28
Atos Medical AB

28
Ariad Pharmaceuti… ◀

28

What this shows Ariad holds 28 patents at rank #10,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ariad

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ariad, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Ariad ranks #342 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

New Relic, Inc. 33 LeChat 33 Balenciaga 33 Truelite Trace, Inc. 33

Ariad's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	17.9%
2016	3	10.7%
2017	6	21.4%
2018	1	3.6%
2019	2	7.1%
2020	1	3.6%
2021	7	25.0%
2022	2	7.1%
2023	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 25

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 24

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 12

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 89.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #10,855 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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