Where does Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH ranks #17,740 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 Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH hold?

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's Innovation Score?

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH focus on?

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 15 patents, ranking #1,511 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH.

What does claim depth mean for Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's patents?

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's patents average 12.4 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 Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH 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

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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, Heidelberg ranks #17,740 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,740
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 12.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17740 · Foreign Corporation #17,740 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,740/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Halkey-Roberts
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Halkey-Roberts Corporation (±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 Heidelberg’s 48.9 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 9.8 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 11.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (15%)

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What this shows Heidelberg's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Heidelberg?

Each dot is one of Heidelberg’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). Heidelberg’s own 12.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Heidelberg's grants concentrate

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Heidelberg sits between Halkey-Roberts Corporation and Highland Instruments, Inc..

Heidelberg's three-year grant acceleration

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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What this shows Heidelberg holds 16 patents at rank #17,751, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heidelberg

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,751 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Heidelberg's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	6.3%
2021	1	6.3%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	4	25.0%
2024	3	18.8%
2025partial year	5	31.3%

Which technologies does Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 15

C07K - Peptides 13

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,740 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH against Halkey-Roberts Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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