Where does CVS Pharmacy, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CVS Pharmacy, Inc. ranks #3,091 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 CVS Pharmacy, Inc. hold?

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. holds 122 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.4 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s patents?

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s patents average 11.0 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 CVS Pharmacy, 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

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does CVS Pharmacy, Inc. focus on?

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 34 patents, ranking #139 of 3,149 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CVS ranks #3,091 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 26 technology areas.

#3,091
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.4/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3091 · US Corporation #3,091 · 122 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 122 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,091/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anker Innovations…
CPC-FOCUS G16H · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anker Innovations Technology 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 CVS’s 53.4 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 16.6 pts (31%) Velocity 12.1 pts (23%) Breadth 18.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Compagnie Plastic… · near

53
CVS Pharmacy · this assignee

53
Qinetiq · near

53
Sanechips Technology · near

53
SiTime · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CVS's Innovation Score is 53.4/100 (top 9% 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 CVS?

Each dot is one of CVS’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). CVS’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where CVS's grants concentrate

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 27.9% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (29 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, CVS sits between W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. and Forma Therapeutics, Inc..

CVS's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. moved from 28 to 51 grants (1.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #261. See the growth leaderboard.

W R Grace & -Conn

123
ARM IP

122
Anker Innovations…

122
Beijing Universit…

122
Ecco Sko A/S

122
Ewha University—I…

122
Early Warning Ser…

122
Forma Therapeutics

122
CVS Pharmacy ◀

122

What this shows CVS holds 122 patents at rank #3,091, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CVS

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,091 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CVS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G16H (Healthcare Informatics), CVS ranks #139 of 3,149 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. 53 Qinetiq Limited 53 Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE 53 SiTime Corporation 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.0 here).

Albea Services 11.0 avg Regalo International, LLC 11.0 avg Safran Ceramics 11.0 avg Nicoventures Holdings Limited 11.0 avg

CVS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CVS Pharmacy, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	2.5%
2017	16	13.1%
2018	14	11.5%
2019	15	12.3%
2020	5	4.1%
2021	8	6.6%
2022	7	5.7%
2023	15	12.3%
2024	29	23.8%
2025partial year	10	8.2%

Which technologies does CVS Pharmacy, Inc. patent most?

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 34

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

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 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 7

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 4

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 3

Top 15 of 26 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

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CVS Pharmacy, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 27.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #3,091 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CVS Pharmacy, Inc. against W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.4/100 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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