Overall rank by patents
#20,142
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Newlink ranks #20,142 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20142 · US Corporation #20,142 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: NEO Medical Sa (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Newlink Genetics · this assignee
34 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Newlink Genetics Corporation stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #20,142 of 50,000; Innovation Score 34.4/100 sits in the top 53% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is NEO Medical Sa (±0 grants).
Newlink Genetics Corporation has been granted 14 US utility patents between 2015 and 2023, placing Newlink Genetics Corporation at #20,142 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 7 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 22.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61P (SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS). As a US Corporation, Newlink Genetics Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Newlink sits between NEO Medical Sa (14 patents, rank #20,125) and Nicox S.a. (14 patents, rank #20,133) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 34.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 2 grants, compared with 12 in the 2015–2019 window, a -83% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Newlink Genetics Corporation's 22.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 7 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
NEO MEDICAL SA
14 patents
NESTE OIL OYJ
14 patents
NETZSCH Trockenmahltechnik GmbH
14 patents
NEW JAPAN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
14 patents
NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC
14 patents
NICHIMAN CO., LTD.
14 patents
NICHIREI FOODS INC.
14 patents
NICOX S.A.
14 patents
NEWLINK GENETICS CORPORATION
14 patents
What this shows Newlink holds 14 patents at rank #20,129, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,129 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Newlink's primary technology class.
Newlink's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2016 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2017 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.1% |
Top 7 of 7 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,142
of 50,000 tracked assignees
34.4 out of 100
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