Where does Dipharma Francis S.R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dipharma Francis S.R.L. ranks #18,537 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 Dipharma Francis S.R.L. hold?

Dipharma Francis S.R.L. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s Innovation Score?

Dipharma Francis S.R.L. has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th 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 Dipharma Francis S.R.L. focus on?

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 8 patents, ranking #998 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s patents?

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s patents average 13.3 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 Dipharma Francis S.R.L. 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 Foreign Corporation

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Dipharma ranks #18,537 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 8 technology areas.

#18,537
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18537 · Foreign Corporation #18,537 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,537/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delsey
CPC-NARROW C07D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delsey (±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 Dipharma’s 29.2 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 9.6 pts (33%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dipharma Francis S R L · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dipharma's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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 Dipharma?

Each dot is one of Dipharma’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). Dipharma’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dipharma's grants concentrate

Dipharma Francis S.R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Dipharma sits between Delsey and Dongguan Yulong Telecommunication Tech Co., Ltd..

Dipharma's three-year grant acceleration

Dipharma Francis S.R.L. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Delsey

15
Dexcel Pharma

15
Dialpad

15
DIC (Tokyo)

15
Dish Network

15
DL Chemical

15
DNA Script

15
Dongguan Yulong T…

15
Dipharma Francis… ◀

15

What this shows Dipharma holds 15 patents at rank #18,530, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dipharma

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,530 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Dipharma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Dipharma Francis S.R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	20.0%
2016	1	6.7%
2017	5	33.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2019	1	6.7%
2020	3	20.0%
2022	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Dipharma Francis S.R.L. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C07J - Steroids 2

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dipharma Francis S.R.L.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #18,537 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dipharma Francis S.R.L. against Delsey, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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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