Where does Generics [UK] Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Generics [UK] Limited ranks #22,637 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 Generics [UK] Limited hold?

Generics [UK] Limited holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Generics [UK] Limited's Innovation Score?

Generics [UK] Limited has an Innovation Score of 26.3 out of 100 (20th 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 Generics [UK] Limited focus on?

Generics [UK] Limited's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 10 patents, ranking #2,196 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Generics [UK] Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Generics [UK] Limited'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 Generics [UK] Limited's patents?

Generics [UK] Limited's patents average 17.3 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 Generics [UK] Limited 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

Generics [UK] Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Generics ranks #22,637 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#22,637
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.3/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22637 · Foreign Corporation #22,637 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,637/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genemedicine
CPC-NARROW A61K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genemedicine Co., Ltd. (±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 Generics’s 26.3 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 8.9 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Generics [UK] · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Generics's Innovation Score is 26.3/100 (20th 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 Generics?

Each dot is one of Generics’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). Generics’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Generics's grants concentrate

Generics [UK] Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Generics sits between Genemedicine Co., Ltd. and Gilead Calistoga LLC.

Genemedicine

12
General Dynamics-…

12
General LED

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General Vibration

12
Genpact USA

12
Geobra Brandstätt…

12
Giacomini S p A

12
Gilead Calistoga

12
Generics [UK] ◀

12

What this shows Generics holds 12 patents at rank #22,655, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Generics

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,655 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Generics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% 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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Generics [UK] Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	66.7%
2016	3	25.0%
2017	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Generics [UK] Limited patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Generics [UK] Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Generics [UK] Limited's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #22,637 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Generics [UK] Limited against Genemedicine Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.3/100 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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