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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #32,685 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 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 6 technology areas.

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

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 NPS 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

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, NPS ranks #32,685 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#32,685
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32685 · US Corporation #32,685 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,685/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Novagen Holding
CPC-NARROW A61P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Novagen Holding Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NPS Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NPS's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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.

Where NPS's grants concentrate

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, NPS sits between Novagen Holding Corporation and Nucorion Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

Novagen Holding

8
Novoset

8
Novozymes Biophar…

8
Nproxx B V

8
NRG Innovations

8
Nrtv Collab

8
Ntech Properties

8
Nucorion Pharmace…

8
NPS Pharmaceutica… ◀

8

What this shows NPS holds 8 patents at rank #32,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NPS

By rank, the assignees closest to #32,620 in granted patent volume.

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

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

NPS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2017	5	62.5%

Which technologies does NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C07K - Peptides 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#32,685

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #32,685 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Novagen Holding Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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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