Where does Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. ranks #919 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 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. hold?

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. holds 485 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.3 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -2% 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 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s patents?

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s patents average 8.8 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 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 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

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. focus on?

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 212 patents. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 485 granted patents across 71 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, Johnson ranks #919 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 485 patents across 71 technology areas.

#919
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.3/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R919 · US Corporation #919 · 485 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 485 grants
TOP-DECILE #919/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Laboratories
CPC-WIDE A61K · 71 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Laboratories (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GE-Hitachi Nuclear… · near

58
Johnson & Johnson… · this assignee

58
Kansas State… · near

58
Kautex Textron & KG · near

58
Silicon Motion · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 58.3/100 (top 5% 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.

How Johnson's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. received 239 grants versus 244 in 2015–2019 (-2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 59 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 39. Lead class A61K accounts for 43.7% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Biomet Manufacturing, LLC (#915) and Pioneer Corporation (#923).

Johnson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. moved from 141 to 141 grants (1.00x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,197. See the growth leaderboard.

Biomet Manufactur…

488
University-indust…

488
Abbott Laboratori…

485
Bridgestone Ameri…

485
Johnson & Johnson… ◀

485
Rhodia Operations

484
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo

484
Atmel

483
Pioneer

483

What this shows Johnson holds 485 patents at rank #919, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Johnson

By rank, the assignees closest to #919 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Johnson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Silicon Motion, Inc. 58 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC 58 Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG 58 Kansas State University Research Foundation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.8 here).

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. 8.8 avg Ocean University OF China 8.8 avg Guangzhou Institute OF Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy OF Sciences 8.8 avg Exedy Corporation 8.8 avg

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	39	8.0%
2016	46	9.5%
2017	57	11.8%
2018	59	12.2%
2019	43	8.9%
2020	45	9.3%
2021	53	10.9%
2022	48	9.9%
2023	43	8.9%
2024	50	10.3%
2025partial year	2	0.4%

Which technologies does Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 212

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 153

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 97

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 53

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 49

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 36

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 24

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 15

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 14

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 11

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 10

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 9

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 9

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 9

Top 15 of 71 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#919

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 43.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #919 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. against Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.3/100 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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