Where does Cima Labs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cima Labs Inc. ranks #28,424 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 Cima Labs Inc. hold?

Cima Labs Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Cima Labs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cima Labs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.1 out of 100 (12th 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 Cima Labs Inc. focus on?

Cima Labs Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cima Labs Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cima Labs Inc.'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 Cima Labs Inc.'s patents?

Cima Labs Inc.'s patents average 17.0 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 Cima Labs 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

Cima Labs Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 2 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, Cima ranks #28,424 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 2 technology areas.

#28,424
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.1/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28424 · US Corporation #28,424 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,424/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chongqing Advance…
CPC-NARROW A61K · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chongqing Advance Display Technology Research (±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
OTL Dynamics · near

23
BLU DOT Design &… · near

23
Cima Labs · this assignee

23
Xallent · near

23
Crrc Zhuzhou Institute · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cima's Innovation Score is 23.1/100 (12th 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.

Where Cima's grants concentrate

Cima Labs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Cima sits between Chongqing Advance Display Technology Research and Claremont Biosolutions LLC.

Chongqing Advance…

9
Chongqing Haier R…

9
CHZ

9
Ciar S P A

9
Cirius Messaging

9
Cisdi Engineering

9
CJ 4dplex

9
Claremont Biosolu…

9
Cima Labs ◀

9

What this shows Cima holds 9 patents at rank #28,372, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cima

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,372 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

BLU DOT Design & Manufacturing, Inc. 23 Xallent Inc. 23 OTL Dynamics LLC 23 Crrc Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd. 23

Cima's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% 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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Cima Labs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	22.2%
2016	1	11.1%
2017	4	44.4%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Cima Labs Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#28,424

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.1 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

Cima Labs Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cima Labs Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #28,424 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cima Labs Inc. against Chongqing Advance Display Technology Research, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.1/100 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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