Where does ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ranks #2,517 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 ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. hold?

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. holds 155 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patents?

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patents average 12.1 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 ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 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

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. focus on?

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 150 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 155 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, ONO ranks #2,517 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 155 patents across 19 technology areas.

#2,517
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2517 · Foreign Corporation #2,517 · 155 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 155 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,517/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Genomatica
CPC-FOCUS A61P · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Genomatica, Inc. (±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
CertainTeed Ceilings · near

43
The Ames Companies · near

43
Conagra Foods RDM · near

43
ONO Pharmaceutical · this assignee

43
Sony · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ONO's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 ONO's grants concentrate

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 96.8% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (21 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2022. By volume, ONO sits between Genomatica, Inc. and Atlassian, Inc..

ONO's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. moved from 49 to 24 grants (0.49x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,718. See the growth leaderboard.

Genomatica

155
Idemia Identity &…

155
Newport Fab

155
Oce- B V

155
Safran Seats USA

155
Tenneco

155
Wilson Sporting G…

155
ONO Pharmaceutical ◀

155
Atlassian

154

What this shows ONO holds 155 patents at rank #2,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ONO

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,517 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ONO, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Sony Electronics Inc. 43 Conagra Foods RDM, Inc. 43 The Ames Companies, Inc. 43 CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.1 here).

Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft MBH 12.1 avg Intercontinental Great Brands LLC 12.1 avg Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc. 12.1 avg Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH 12.1 avg

ONO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	11.6%
2016	18	11.6%
2017	18	11.6%
2018	21	13.5%
2019	21	13.5%
2020	17	11.0%
2021	11	7.1%
2022	7	4.5%
2023	7	4.5%
2024	10	6.5%
2025partial year	7	4.5%

Which technologies does ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 150

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 136

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 113

C07K - Peptides 38

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 20

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 20

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

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 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,517

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.4 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

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 96.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #2,517 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. against Genomatica, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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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