Where does Express Scripts, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Express Scripts, Inc. ranks #8,380 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 Express Scripts, Inc. hold?

Express Scripts, Inc. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Express Scripts, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Express Scripts, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Express Scripts, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Express Scripts, 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 Express Scripts, Inc.'s patents?

Express Scripts, Inc.'s patents average 10.3 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 Express Scripts, 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

Express Scripts, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Express Scripts, Inc. focus on?

Express Scripts, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Express ranks #8,380 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 24 technology areas.

#8,380
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8380 · US Corporation #8,380 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,380/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elkem Silicones…
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 24 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elkem Silicones France SAS (±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
Hiwin Mikrosystem · near

36
Express Scripts · this assignee

36
Swatch · near

36
Cardioxyl Pharmaceut… · near

36
I C Medical · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Express's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Express's grants concentrate

Express Scripts, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 26.3% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (20 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Express sits between Elkem Silicones France SAS and Frazier Industrial Company.

Elkem Silicones F…

38
Emirates Telecomm…

38
Endocyte

38
Excelitas

38
FAR Eastern NEW C…

38
Fiberlean

38
Flexiv

38
Frazier Industrial

38
Express Scripts ◀

38

What this shows Express holds 38 patents at rank #8,380, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Express

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,380 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Swatch Ltd. 36 Hiwin Mikrosystem Corp. 36 I.C. Medical, Inc. 36 Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 36

Express's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Express Scripts, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	15.8%
2016	12	31.6%
2017	20	52.6%

Which technologies does Express Scripts, Inc. patent most?

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 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

B21B - Rolling OF Metal 4

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 4

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 4

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,380

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.2 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

Express Scripts, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Express Scripts, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 26.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #8,380 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Express Scripts, Inc. against Elkem Silicones France SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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