Where does Hznp Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hznp Limited ranks #19,883 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 Hznp Limited hold?

Hznp Limited holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Hznp Limited's Innovation Score?

Hznp Limited has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th 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 Hznp Limited focus on?

Hznp Limited's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 14 patents, ranking #1,384 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hznp Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hznp 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 Hznp Limited's patents?

Hznp Limited's patents average 16.1 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 Hznp 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

Hznp Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hznp ranks #19,883 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 4 technology areas.

#19,883
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19883 · Foreign Corporation #19,883 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,883/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou MPS…
CPC-NARROW A61P · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou MPS Semiconductor Technology, 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 Hznp’s 26.1 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 9.4 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hznp · this assignee

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What this shows Hznp's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Hznp?

Each dot is one of Hznp’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). Hznp’s own 16.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hznp's grants concentrate

Hznp Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hznp sits between Horiba Jobin Yvon SAS and Hasso-Plattner Institut fuer Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH.

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14
Howmet

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Huaneng Clean Ene…

14
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14
Hangzhou MPS Semi…

14
Hangzhou Silicon-…

14
Hanking

14
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14
Hznp ◀

14

What this shows Hznp holds 14 patents at rank #19,856, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hznp

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,856 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Hznp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Hznp Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	42.9%
2016	6	42.9%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Hznp Limited patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 14

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 5

C07J - Steroids 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Hznp Limited's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #19,883 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hznp Limited against Horiba Jobin Yvon SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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.