Where does Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ranks #4,163 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 Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. hold?

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. holds 86 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.1 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 Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. focus on?

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 65 patents. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 86 granted patents across 25 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, Mochida ranks #4,163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 86 patents across 25 technology areas.

#4,163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4163 · Foreign Corporation #4,163 · 86 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 86 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,163/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Harnischfeger
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc. (±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
Carlisle Interconnect · near

46
Johnson Controls… · near

46
Mochida Pharmaceutical · this assignee

46
Mycronic AB · near

46
Yealink (XIAMEN)… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mochida's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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.

Where Mochida's grants concentrate

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 75.6% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Mochida sits between Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc. and Novamont S.p.A..

Mochida's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. moved from 23 to 13 grants (0.56x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Harnischfeger

86
Kyocera SLD Laser

86
Kellogg Brown & R…

86
Kent State Univer…

86
Means Industries

86
National Presto I…

86
Neturen

86
Novamont S p A

86
Mochida Pharmaceu… ◀

86

What this shows Mochida holds 86 patents at rank #4,162, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mochida

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,162 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Yealink (XIAMEN) Network Technology Co., Ltd. 46 Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP 46 Mycronic AB 46 Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College 15.1 avg Flint Hills Scientific, L.L.C. 15.1 avg Howard University 15.1 avg Kyphon SÀRL 15.1 avg

Mochida's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	14.0%
2016	10	11.6%
2017	12	14.0%
2018	12	14.0%
2019	7	8.1%
2020	9	10.5%
2021	7	8.1%
2022	5	5.8%
2023	2	2.3%
2024	6	7.0%
2025partial year	4	4.7%

Which technologies does Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 65

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 61

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 27

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 12

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 10

C07K - Peptides 7

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 7

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 5

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 5

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,163

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.9 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

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 75.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. against Harnischfeger Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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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