Where does Pharnext rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pharnext ranks #7,060 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 Pharnext hold?

Pharnext holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Pharnext's Innovation Score?

Pharnext has an Innovation Score of 32.7 out of 100 (42nd 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 Pharnext focus on?

Pharnext's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 46 patents, ranking #487 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pharnext's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pharnext's recent grant velocity is -56% 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 Pharnext's patents?

Pharnext's patents average 15.0 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 Pharnext 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

Pharnext

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 7 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pharnext ranks #7,060 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 7 technology areas.

#7,060
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.7/100): 15.0
avg claims per patent: -56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7060 · Foreign Corporation #7,060 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,060/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nyxoah
CPC-NARROW A61K · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nyxoah SA (±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 Pharnext’s 32.7 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 13.4 pts (41%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Autumnpaper · near

33
Corsair Pharma · near

33
Implus Footcare · near

33
Pharnext · this assignee

33
Smartvue · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pharnext's Innovation Score is 32.7/100 (42nd 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 Pharnext?

Each dot is one of Pharnext’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). Pharnext’s own 15.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pharnext's grants concentrate

Pharnext is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 97.9% 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 2022. By volume, Pharnext sits between Nyxoah SA and Pivot Medical, Inc..

Pharnext's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pharnext moved from 21 to 3 grants (0.14x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Nyxoah

47
Ospedale SAN Raff…

47
Optinose AS

47
Pfeiffer Vacuum

47
Plaid

47
Profil Verbindung…

47
Phoenix Industrie…

47
Pivot Medical

47
Pharnext ◀

47

What this shows Pharnext holds 47 patents at rank #7,059, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pharnext

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,059 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pharnext, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Pharnext ranks #487 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Implus Footcare, LLC 33 Autumnpaper Limited 33 Corsair Pharma, Inc. 33 Smartvue Corporation 33

Pharnext's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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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Pharnext patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.3%
2016	7	14.9%
2017	6	12.8%
2018	7	14.9%
2019	10	21.3%
2020	8	17.0%
2021	3	6.4%
2022	1	2.1%
2023	2	4.3%
2025partial year	1	2.1%

Which technologies does Pharnext patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 46

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 29

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 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Top 7 of 7 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

Pharnext's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pharnext's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 97.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #7,060 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pharnext against Nyxoah SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.7/100 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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