Where does Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. ranks #36,586 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 Pharmaceuticals Inc. hold?

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.1 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. focus on?

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 6 patents, ranking #3,449 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s patents?

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Pharmaceuticals 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 Pharmaceuticals Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Mylan ranks #36,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#36,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.1/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36586 · US Corporation #36,586 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH My Home Global
CPC-NARROW A61K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: My Home Global Company (±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 Mylan’s 25.1 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 7.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mylan Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mylan's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (16th percentile 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 Mylan?

Each dot is one of Mylan’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). Mylan’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Mylan's grants concentrate

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Mylan sits between My Home Global Company and N-fab, Inc..

My Home Global

7
Myomega Systems

7
Myport IP

7
Mycone Dental Sup…

7
Mylan Specialty

7
Myovant Sciences

7
Mystic Pharmaceut…

7
N-fab

7
Mylan Pharmaceuti… ◀

7

What this shows Mylan holds 7 patents at rank #36,565, 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 #36,565 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Mylan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	71.4%
2017	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

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 2

C07K - Peptides 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #36,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. against My Home Global Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.1/100 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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