Where does Grifols, S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grifols, S.A. ranks #10,338 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 Grifols, S.A. hold?

Grifols, S.A. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Grifols, S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Grifols, S.A. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Grifols, S.A. focus on?

Grifols, S.A.'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 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Grifols, S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grifols, S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Grifols, S.A.'s patents?

Grifols, S.A.'s patents average 14.7 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 Grifols, 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

Grifols, S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Grifols ranks #10,338 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 25 technology areas.

#10,338
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10338 · Foreign Corporation #10,338 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,338/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gatik AI
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gatik AI 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 Grifols’s 41.7 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 11.9 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 17.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cloud Network… · near

42
Crititech · near

42
Flex Logix · near

42
Grifols · this assignee

42
Liebert · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grifols's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Grifols?

Each dot is one of Grifols’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). Grifols’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Grifols's grants concentrate

Grifols, S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Grifols sits between GE Oil & Gas Compression Systems, LLC and GetGo, Inc..

Grifols's three-year grant acceleration

Grifols, S.A. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

GE Oil & Gas Comp…

30
GE Vernova Infras…

30
Genapsys

30
Gibson Innovation…

30
Guangzhou Baomei…

30
Gatik AI

30
Genelec Oy

30
Getgo

30
Grifols ◀

30

What this shows Grifols holds 30 patents at rank #10,331, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grifols

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,331 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Grifols, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Grifols ranks #2,196 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Crititech, Inc. 42 Cloud Network Technology Singapore PTE. Ltd. 42 Liebert Corporation 42 Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. 42

Grifols's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Grifols, S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	16.7%
2016	9	30.0%
2017	1	3.3%
2018	3	10.0%
2019	3	10.0%
2020	3	10.0%
2021	2	6.7%
2022	1	3.3%
2023	1	3.3%
2024	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Grifols, S.A. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

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 9

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

C07K - Peptides 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

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 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 5

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

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

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 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

B01D - Separation 1

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Grifols, S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Grifols, S.A.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #10,338 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grifols, S.A. against GE Oil & Gas Compression Systems, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.