Where does Novartis Pharma AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Novartis Pharma AG ranks #49,193 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 Novartis Pharma AG hold?

Novartis Pharma AG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Novartis Pharma AG's Innovation Score?

Novartis Pharma AG has an Innovation Score of 23.3 out of 100 (12th 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 Novartis Pharma AG focus on?

Novartis Pharma AG's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 4 patents, ranking #4,709 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Novartis Pharma AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Novartis Pharma AG's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Novartis Pharma AG's patents?

Novartis Pharma AG's patents average 14.0 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 Novartis Pharma AG 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 Foreign Corporation

Novartis Pharma AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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, Novartis ranks #49,193 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#49,193
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.3/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49193 · Foreign Corporation #49,193 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,193/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nova Products
CPC-NARROW A61K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nova Products GmbH (±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 Novartis’s 23.3 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 6.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Novartis Pharma · this assignee

23
Mast Mobile · near

23
Whitefield Plastics · near

23
Fastlite · near

23
Havco Wood Products · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Novartis's Innovation Score is 23.3/100 (12th 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 Novartis?

Each dot is one of Novartis’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). Novartis’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Novartis's grants concentrate

Novartis Pharma AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Novartis sits between Nova Products GmbH and Novia Products, LLC.

Nova Products

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Nova Scientific

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Novahealth Biosys…

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Novares US Engine…

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Novastone Media

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Novia Products

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What this shows Novartis holds 5 patents at rank #49,223, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Novartis

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,223 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Novartis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Novartis ranks #4,709 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Mast Mobile, Inc. 23 Whitefield Plastics Corporation 23 Havco Wood Products, LLC 23 Fastlite 23

Novartis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Novartis Pharma AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2018	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Novartis Pharma AG patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

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

C07K - Peptides 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Novartis Pharma AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Novartis Pharma AG's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #49,193 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Novartis Pharma AG against Nova Products GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.3/100 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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