Where does Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #26,935 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 Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 10 patents, ranking #1,884 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

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

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Napo 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

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Napo ranks #26,935 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,935
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26935 · US Corporation #26,935 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,935/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nanobit Tech
CPC-NARROW A61P · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nanobit Tech. Co., Ltd. (±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 Napo’s 44.4 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 8.3 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 6.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Napo Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Napo's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 Napo?

Each dot is one of Napo’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). Napo’s own 16.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Napo's grants concentrate

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Napo sits between Nanobit Tech. Co., Ltd. and Netlogic Microsystems, Inc..

Napo's three-year grant acceleration

Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Nanobit Tech

10
Nanobrick

10
Nanocarrier

10
Nantong Institute…

10
National Center F…

10
National Disaster…

10
National Hospital…

10
Netlogic Microsys…

10
Napo Pharmaceutic… ◀

10

What this shows Napo holds 10 patents at rank #26,922, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Napo

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,922 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Napo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% 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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Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Napo Pharmaceuticals, 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 #26,935 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Nanobit Tech. Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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