Where does IMS Health Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IMS Health Incorporated ranks #16,881 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 IMS Health Incorporated hold?

IMS Health Incorporated holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is IMS Health Incorporated's Innovation Score?

IMS Health Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st 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 IMS Health Incorporated focus on?

IMS Health Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 10 patents, ranking #3,601 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is IMS Health Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IMS Health Incorporated'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 IMS Health Incorporated's patents?

IMS Health Incorporated's patents average 18.2 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 IMS Health Incorporated 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

IMS Health Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IMS ranks #16,881 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 6 technology areas.

#16,881
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16881 · US Corporation #16,881 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,881/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IBS of America
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IBS of America (±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 IMS’s 29.6 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 10.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (37%)

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What this shows IMS's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 IMS?

Each dot is one of IMS’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). IMS’s own 18.2 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.

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

Where IMS's grants concentrate

IMS Health Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, IMS sits between IBS of America and Institute OF Biophysics, Chinese Academy OF Sciences.

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What this shows IMS holds 17 patents at rank #16,877, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IMS

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,877 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

IMS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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IMS Health Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	35.3%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	4	23.5%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	1	5.9%

Which technologies does IMS Health Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 6 of 6 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

IMS Health Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IMS Health Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #16,881 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IMS Health Incorporated against IBS of America, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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.