Where does Ferring International Center S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ferring International Center S.A. ranks #19,766 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 International Center S.A. hold?

Ferring International Center S.A. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ferring International Center S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Ferring International Center S.A. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th 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 Ferring International Center S.A. focus on?

Ferring International Center S.A.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 13 patents, ranking #1,747 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ferring International Center S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ferring International Center S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 International Center S.A.'s patents?

Ferring International Center S.A.'s patents average 15.9 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 International Center S.A. 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 International Center S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 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 #19,766 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.

#19,766
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19766 · Foreign Corporation #19,766 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,766/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faraday Semi
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faraday Semi, 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 31.4 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 9.4 pts (30%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ferring Internationa… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ferring's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 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 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ferring's grants concentrate

Ferring International Center S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ferring sits between Faraday Semi, Inc. and Flanders Electric Motor Service, LLC.

Ferring's three-year grant acceleration

Ferring International Center S.A. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Faraday Semi

14
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14
Feelux

14
Fiberweb

14
Firstface

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14
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14
Ferring Internati… ◀

14

What this shows Ferring holds 14 patents at rank #19,760, 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 #19,760 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Ferring's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% 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.

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Ferring International Center S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	21.4%
2017	3	21.4%
2018	1	7.1%
2020	3	21.4%
2021	2	14.3%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Ferring International Center S.A. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 12

C07K - Peptides 6

C12Y - Enzymes 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

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 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

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 1

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 1

Top 10 of 10 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 International Center S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ferring International Center S.A.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #19,766 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ferring International Center S.A. against Faraday Semi, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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