Where does Patheon Softgels Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Patheon Softgels Inc. ranks #10,132 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 Patheon Softgels Inc. hold?

Patheon Softgels Inc. holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Patheon Softgels Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Patheon Softgels Inc. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (28th 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 Patheon Softgels Inc. focus on?

Patheon Softgels Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 31 patents, ranking #730 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Patheon Softgels Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Patheon Softgels Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Patheon Softgels Inc.'s patents?

Patheon Softgels Inc.'s patents average 14.3 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 Patheon Softgels 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

Patheon Softgels Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Patheon ranks #10,132 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 5 technology areas.

#10,132
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 28th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10132 · US Corporation #10,132 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,132/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pacira CryoTech
CPC-NARROW A61K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pacira CryoTech, 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.

How Patheon’s 28.8 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 12.0 pts (42%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Escape Therapeutics · near

29
Pantex International… · near

29
Go Natural CNG · near

29
Patheon Softgels · this assignee

29
TFI Digital Media · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Patheon's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (28th 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 Patheon?

Each dot is one of Patheon’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). Patheon’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Patheon's grants concentrate

Patheon Softgels Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Patheon sits between PRO Performance Sports, LLC and Powercast Corporation.

Patheon's three-year grant acceleration

Patheon Softgels Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

PRO Performance S…

31
Pacira Cryotech

31
Paragonix

31
Parion Sciences

31
Personics Holdings

31
Phoenix

31
Poppin

31
Powercast

31
Patheon Softgels ◀

31

What this shows Patheon holds 31 patents at rank #10,136, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Patheon

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,136 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Patheon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Patheon ranks #730 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Go Natural CNG, LLC 29 Escape Therapeutics, Inc. 29 Pantex International S.P.A. 29 TFI Digital Media Limited 29

Patheon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 28th percentile higher than 28% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Patheon Softgels Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	6.5%
2018	9	29.0%
2019	14	45.2%
2020	3	9.7%
2021	1	3.2%
2024	1	3.2%
2025partial year	1	3.2%

Which technologies does Patheon Softgels Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 31

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

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

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 2

Top 5 of 5 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

Patheon Softgels Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Patheon Softgels Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #10,132 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Patheon Softgels Inc. against PRO Performance Sports, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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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