Where does MediciNova, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MediciNova, Inc. ranks #13,046 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 MediciNova, Inc. hold?

MediciNova, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is MediciNova, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MediciNova, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MediciNova, Inc. focus on?

MediciNova, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 23 patents, ranking #848 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is MediciNova, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MediciNova, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 MediciNova, Inc.'s patents?

MediciNova, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 MediciNova, 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

MediciNova, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medicinova ranks #13,046 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 4 technology areas.

#13,046
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13046 · US Corporation #13,046 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #13,046/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahindra N A Tech…
CPC-NARROW A61P · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahindra N.A. Tech Center (±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 Medicinova’s 37.9 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 11.0 pts (29%) Velocity 8.9 pts (23%) Breadth 7.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MediciNova · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Medicinova's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Medicinova?

Each dot is one of Medicinova’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). Medicinova’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Medicinova's grants concentrate

MediciNova, Inc. 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 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Medicinova sits between Mahindra N.A. Tech Center and Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC.

Medicinova's three-year grant acceleration

MediciNova, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Mahindra N A Tech…

23
Marshall Excelsior

23
Mavenir Networks

23
Medical Energetics

23
Megabyte

23
Melexis Bulgaria

23
Metso Sweden AB

23
Mettler-toledo Ra…

23
Medicinova ◀

23

What this shows MediciNova holds 23 patents at rank #13,048, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MediciNova

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,048 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Medicinova's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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MediciNova, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.0%
2016	4	17.4%
2019	2	8.7%
2020	1	4.3%
2021	3	13.0%
2022	2	8.7%
2024	6	26.1%
2025partial year	2	8.7%

Which technologies does MediciNova, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 23

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 23

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MediciNova, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MediciNova, Inc.'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 #13,046 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MediciNova, Inc. against Mahindra N.A. Tech Center, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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