Where does Hexal AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hexal AG ranks #17,745 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 Hexal AG hold?

Hexal AG holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Hexal AG's Innovation Score?

Hexal AG has an Innovation Score of 27.4 out of 100 (24th 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 Hexal AG focus on?

Hexal AG's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 11 patents, ranking #2,031 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hexal AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hexal AG's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Hexal AG's patents?

Hexal AG's patents average 11.8 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 Hexal AG 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

Hexal AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Hexal ranks #17,745 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 9 technology areas.

#17,745
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.4/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17745 · Foreign Corporation #17,745 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,745/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HeartStitch
CPC-NARROW A61K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HeartStitch, 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 Hexal’s 27.4 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 9.8 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hexal · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hexal's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (24th 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 Hexal?

Each dot is one of Hexal’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). Hexal’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hexal's grants concentrate

Hexal AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hexal sits between HeartStitch, Inc. and Honeywell Technologies Sarl.

Heartstitch

16
Heidelberg Pharma…

16
Hengst SE & KG

16
Henniges Automoti…

16
Highland Instrume…

16
Hinge Health

16
Hirschmann Automo…

16
Honeywell Sarl

16
Hexal ◀

16

What this shows Hexal holds 16 patents at rank #17,754, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hexal

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,754 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Hexal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Hexal AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Hexal AG patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

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

C07K - Peptides 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 2

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hexal AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hexal AG's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #17,745 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hexal AG against HeartStitch, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.4/100 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

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.