Where does Impax Laboratories, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Impax Laboratories, LLC ranks #14,685 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 Impax Laboratories, LLC hold?

Impax Laboratories, LLC holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Impax Laboratories, LLC's Innovation Score?

Impax Laboratories, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.3 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Impax Laboratories, LLC focus on?

Impax Laboratories, LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 20 patents, ranking #1,122 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Impax Laboratories, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Impax Laboratories, LLC's recent grant velocity is +43% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Impax Laboratories, LLC's patents?

Impax Laboratories, LLC's patents average 28.1 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 Impax Laboratories, LLC 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 US Corporation

Impax Laboratories, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Impax ranks #14,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 4 technology areas.

#14,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.3/100): 28.1
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14685 · US Corporation #14,685 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Iddea California
CPC-NARROW A61K · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Iddea California, 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 Impax’s 44.3 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 10.5 pts (24%) Velocity 11.7 pts (26%) Breadth 7.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Impax Laboratories · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Impax's Innovation Score is 44.3/100 (top 26% 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 Impax?

Each dot is one of Impax’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). Impax’s own 28.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Impax's grants concentrate

Impax Laboratories, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Impax sits between Iveco Magirus AG and Inpro/Seal LLC.

Impax's three-year grant acceleration

Impax Laboratories, LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Iveco Magirus

20
Iddea California

20
Illum Horticulture

20
Illumagear

20
Inmobi Pte

20
Ingrain

20
Inova

20
Inpro/Seal

20
Impax Laboratories ◀

20

What this shows Impax holds 20 patents at rank #14,690, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Impax

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,690 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Impax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Impax Laboratories, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2018	2	10.0%
2019	1	5.0%
2020	1	5.0%
2021	2	10.0%
2022	1	5.0%
2023	2	10.0%
2024	4	20.0%
2025partial year	3	15.0%

Which technologies does Impax Laboratories, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 20

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 15

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

Top 4 of 4 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

Impax Laboratories, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Impax Laboratories, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #14,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Impax Laboratories, LLC against Iveco Magirus AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.3/100 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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