Where does Ferring B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ferring B.V. ranks #3,116 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 Ferring B.V. hold?

Ferring B.V. holds 121 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Ferring B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Ferring B.V. has an Innovation Score of 52.6 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%).

What technology areas does Ferring B.V. focus on?

Ferring B.V.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 111 patents, ranking #170 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ferring B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ferring B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -26% 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 Ferring B.V.'s patents?

Ferring B.V.'s patents average 17.6 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 Ferring B.V. 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

Ferring B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 121 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Ferring ranks #3,116 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 121 patents across 35 technology areas.

#3,116
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3116 · Foreign Corporation #3,116 · 121 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 121 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,116/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CCL Label
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CCL Label, Inc. (±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 Ferring’s 52.6 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 4.6 pts (9%) Breadth 20.9 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ferring B V · this assignee

53
Iteris · near

53
Liebherr-aerospace… · near

53
M-I L L C · near

53
Sierra Nevada · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ferring's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Ferring?

Each dot is one of Ferring’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). Ferring’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ferring's grants concentrate

Ferring B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 91.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2016. By volume, Ferring sits between CCL Label, Inc. and Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Ferring's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ferring B.V. moved from 38 to 26 grants (0.68x 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 #2,198. See the growth leaderboard.

CCL Label

121
Elago

121
Fuji Machine MFG

121
Faraday Technology

121
Georgia-pacific C…

121
Glaxosmithkline

121
Hefei BOE Display…

121
Institute of Auto…

121
Ferring B V ◀

121

What this shows Ferring holds 121 patents at rank #3,117, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ferring

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,117 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ferring, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Ferring ranks #170 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

M-I L.L.C. 53 Iteris, Inc. 53 Sierra Nevada Company, LLC 53 Liebherr-aerospace Lindenberg GMBH 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. 17.6 avg Avnera Corporation 17.6 avg Amadeus S.A.S. 17.6 avg Bambino Prezioso Switzerland 17.6 avg

Ferring'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Ferring B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	13.2%
2016	7	5.8%
2017	15	12.4%
2018	16	13.2%
2019	14	11.6%
2020	15	12.4%
2021	9	7.4%
2022	8	6.6%
2023	10	8.3%
2024	8	6.6%
2025partial year	3	2.5%

Which technologies does Ferring B.V. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 111

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 101

C07K - Peptides 40

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 4

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 4

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 4

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 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

Top 15 of 35 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

Ferring B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ferring B.V.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 91.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #3,116 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ferring B.V. against CCL Label, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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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