Where does Novan, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novan, Inc. ranks #8,653 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 Novan, Inc. hold?

Novan, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Novan, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Novan, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Novan, Inc. focus on?

Novan, Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 32 patents, ranking #706 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Novan, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Novan, Inc.'s patents?

Novan, Inc.'s patents average 21.9 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 Novan, 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

Novan, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 13 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Novan ranks #8,653 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 13 technology areas.

#8,653
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 21.9
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8653 · US Corporation #8,653 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,653/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Net Entertainment…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Net Entertainment Malta Services, 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 Novan’s 40.5 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 12.6 pts (31%) Velocity 2.1 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adare Pharmaceuticals · near

41
D3 Innovation · near

41
Nien Made Enterprise · near

41
Novan · this assignee

41
Picarro · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Novan's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 Novan?

Each dot is one of Novan’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). Novan’s own 21.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Novan's grants concentrate

Novan, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 86.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Novan sits between Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. and Orthohelix Surgical Designs, Inc..

Novan's three-year grant acceleration

Novan, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Nippon Sharyo

37
Nippon Thermostat

37
Net Entertainment…

37
Neurowave Systems

37
Novavax

37
OCI

37
Optex

37
Orthohelix Surgic…

37
Novan ◀

37

What this shows Novan holds 37 patents at rank #8,652, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novan

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,652 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Novan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Novan ranks #706 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Adare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 41 Picarro, Inc. 41 D3 Innovation Inc. 41 Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. 41

Novan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Novan, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.7%
2016	5	13.5%
2017	4	10.8%
2018	2	5.4%
2019	10	27.0%
2020	3	8.1%
2021	6	16.2%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	3	8.1%

Which technologies does Novan, Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 32

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 22

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 11

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 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 1

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

Novan, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 86.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #8,653 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novan, Inc. against Nippon Sharyo, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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