Where does Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #31,685 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 Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th 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 Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 8 patents, ranking #2,286 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Forum Pharmaceuticals, 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 Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Forum Pharmaceuticals, 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

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 7 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forum ranks #31,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 7 technology areas.

#31,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31685 · US Corporation #31,685 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foresite Healthcare
CPC-NARROW A61P · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foresite Healthcare, LLC (±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 Forum’s 28.8 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Forum Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Forum's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Forum?

Each dot is one of Forum’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). Forum’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Forum's grants concentrate

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Forum sits between Foresite Healthcare, LLC and Fractal Analytics Private Limited.

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8
Formosa Laborator…

8
Fortifid

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8
Foshan Hongwei Te…

8
Foundation for Re…

8
Foundry Therapeut…

8
Fractal Analytics…

8
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8

What this shows Forum holds 8 patents at rank #31,698, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Forum

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,698 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Forum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% 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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Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	50.0%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 3

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

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #31,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Foresite Healthcare, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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