Where does Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. ranks #4,185 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 Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. hold?

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +232% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s patents?

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s patents average 16.4 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. focus on?

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 57 patents. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA 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 PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, Boehringer ranks #4,185 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 48 technology areas.

#4,185
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +232%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4185 · US Corporation #4,185 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,185/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ArthroCare
CPC-WIDE A61K · 48 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +232% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ArthroCare Corporation (±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
Biotronik · near

53
Boehringer Ingelheim… · this assignee

53
GD Energy Products · near

53
Hatch · near

53
HCL America · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boehringer's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Boehringer's grants concentrate

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 67.1% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (29 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2021. By volume, Boehringer sits between ArthroCare Corporation and Construction Research & Technology GMBH.

Boehringer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. moved from 56 to 26 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Arthrocare

85
Avalara

85
Beijing Jingdong…

85
Biomarin Pharmace…

85
Bitdefender IPR M…

85
Changzhou Univers…

85
Chemetall

85
Construction Rese…

85
Boehringer Ingelh… ◀

85

What this shows Boehringer holds 85 patents at rank #4,184, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boehringer

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,184 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Biotronik AG 53 Hatch Ltd. 53 HCL America Inc. 53 GD Energy Products, LLC 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Tigo Energy, Inc. 16.4 avg University College Cardiff Consultants Limited 16.4 avg Ibis Biosciences, Inc. 16.4 avg Precision Combustion, Inc. 16.4 avg

Boehringer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	19	22.4%
2020	29	34.1%
2021	8	9.4%
2022	10	11.8%
2023	8	9.4%
2024	8	9.4%
2025partial year	3	3.5%

Which technologies does Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 57

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 56

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 29

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 27

C07K - Peptides 24

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 21

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 10

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 9

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

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 7

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 5

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 4

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 4

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

Top 15 of 48 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,185

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.8 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

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 67.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,185 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. against ArthroCare Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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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