Overall rank by patents
#1,293
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 327 granted patents across 28 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS).
The verdict
Medimmune holds 327 US patents across 28 technology areas, rank #1,293 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Medimmune Limited has been granted 327 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Medimmune Limited at rank #1,293 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 28 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). As a Foreign Corporation, Medimmune Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Medimmune sits between Yissum Research Development Company OF THE Hebrew University OF Jerusalem Ltd. (329 patents, rank #1,289) and Klemm + SOHN Gmbh & Co. KG (326 patents, rank #1,297) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 54.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 162 grants, compared with 165 in the 2015–2019 window, a -2% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Medimmune Limited's 17.4 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 28 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Medimmune Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
329 patents
SAFRAN
328 patents
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Ltd.
327 patents
BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
327 patents
University of Houston System
327 patents
MedImmune Limited
327 patents
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft
326 patents
HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
326 patents
KLEMM + SOHN GMBH & CO. KG
326 patents
What this shows Medimmune holds 327 patents at rank #1,293, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,293 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Medimmune's primary technology class.
Medimmune's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | 8.3% |
| 2016 | 31 | 9.5% |
| 2017 | 29 | 8.9% |
| 2018 | 45 | 13.8% |
| 2019 | 33 | 10.1% |
| 2020 | 44 | 13.5% |
| 2021 | 28 | 8.6% |
| 2022 | 26 | 8.0% |
| 2023 | 33 | 10.1% |
| 2024 | 18 | 5.5% |
| 2025 | 13 | 4.0% |
Top 15 of 28 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,293
Across all tracked assignees
54.1 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Medimmune's 327 grants land it in the top 8% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.