Where does Hovione Scientia Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hovione Scientia Limited ranks #16,085 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 Hovione Scientia Limited hold?

Hovione Scientia Limited holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Hovione Scientia Limited's Innovation Score?

Hovione Scientia Limited has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hovione Scientia Limited focus on?

Hovione Scientia Limited'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 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hovione Scientia Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hovione Scientia Limited's recent grant velocity is +160% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hovione Scientia Limited's patents?

Hovione Scientia Limited's patents average 21.8 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 Hovione Scientia 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

Hovione Scientia Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hovione ranks #16,085 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,085
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: +160%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16085 · Foreign Corporation #16,085 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,085/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heathrow Scientific
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +160% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heathrow Scientific 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 Hovione’s 41.6 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 10.2 pts (24%) Velocity 5.2 pts (12%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hovione Scientia · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hovione's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Hovione?

Each dot is one of Hovione’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). Hovione’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hovione's grants concentrate

Hovione Scientia Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hovione sits between Heathrow Scientific LLC and Idhl Holdings, Inc..

Hovione's three-year grant acceleration

Hovione Scientia Limited shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Heathrow Scientif…

18
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18
Herzog Railroad S…

18
Hillenbrand Manag…

18
Huhtamäki Oyj

18
Hydragraphix

18
Icl-ip America

18
Idhl Holdings

18
Hovione Scientia ◀

18

What this shows Hovione holds 18 patents at rank #16,088, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hovione

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,088 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Hovione's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hovione Scientia Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.6%
2018	1	5.6%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	5	27.8%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	4	22.2%
2023	2	11.1%
2024	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Hovione Scientia Limited patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 15

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 7

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

B01D - Separation 3

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 2

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

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

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

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

Top 14 of 14 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

Hovione Scientia Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hovione Scientia 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 #16,085 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hovione Scientia Limited against Heathrow Scientific LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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.