Where does Mylan Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mylan Inc. ranks #7,891 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 Mylan Inc. hold?

Mylan Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is Mylan Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mylan Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.2 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Mylan Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Mylan Inc.'s patents?

Mylan Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Mylan 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

Mylan Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mylan Inc. focus on?

Mylan Inc.'s top technology area is A61J (Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle) with 14 patents. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 36 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61J (Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Mylan ranks #7,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 36 technology areas.

#7,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.2/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7891 · US Corporation #7,891 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medtronic CV…
CPC-FOCUS A61J · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.A.R.L. (±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
Buerkert Werke · near

47
Mylan · this assignee

47
Nottingham Trent… · near

47
Valeo Siemens… · near

47
University OF Houston · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mylan's Innovation Score is 47.2/100 (top 19% 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 Mylan's grants concentrate

Mylan Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 34.1% of grants classified under A61J (Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices ). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Mylan sits between Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.A.R.L. and National University Corporation Ehime University.

Mylan's three-year grant acceleration

Mylan Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Medtronic CV Luxe…

41
Miba Gleitlager A…

41
Midtronics

41
Mobilitie

41
Noble House Home…

41
Nuvotronics

41
Nasuni

41
National Universi…

41
Mylan ◀

41

What this shows Mylan holds 41 patents at rank #7,891, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mylan

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,891 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61J (Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutica…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Valeo Siemens Eautomotive France SAS 47 Buerkert Werke GMBH 47 Nottingham Trent University 47 University OF Houston 47

Mylan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Mylan Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	12.2%
2016	6	14.6%
2017	12	29.3%
2018	3	7.3%
2019	6	14.6%
2020	5	12.2%
2021	2	4.9%
2022	1	2.4%
2024	1	2.4%

Which technologies does Mylan Inc. patent most?

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

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 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

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 11

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

B41C - Processes FOR THE Manufacture OR Reproduction OF Printing Surfaces 4

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 3

Top 15 of 36 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#7,891

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

47.2 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

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

Mylan Inc.'s lead technology class is A61J (Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices ), 34.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61J
Ranked #7,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mylan Inc. against Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.A.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.2/100 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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