Where does Philip Morris Products S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Philip Morris Products S.A. ranks #348 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 Philip Morris Products S.A. hold?

Philip Morris Products S.A. holds 1,240 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 135 technology areas.

What is Philip Morris Products S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Philip Morris Products S.A. has an Innovation Score of 66.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Philip Morris Products S.A. focus on?

Philip Morris Products S.A.'s top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 686 patents, ranking #2 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 135 CPC subclasses total.

Is Philip Morris Products S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Philip Morris Products S.A.'s recent grant velocity is +208% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Philip Morris Products S.A.'s patents?

Philip Morris Products S.A.'s patents average 13.4 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 Philip Morris Products S.A. 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

Philip Morris Products S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,240 granted patents across 135 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Philip ranks #348 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,240 patents across 135 technology areas.

#348
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.2/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +208%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R348 · Foreign Corporation #348 · 1,240 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #348/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH FCA US
CPC-WIDE A24F · 135 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +208% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: FCA US LLC. (±3 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 Philip’s 66.2 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 24.6 pts (37%) Velocity 8.6 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arista Networks · near

66
Philip Morris Products · this assignee

66
Singular Genomics… · near

66
Carl Zeiss SMT · near

66
University of… · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Philip's Innovation Score is 66.2/100 (top 1% 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 Philip?

Each dot is one of Philip’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). Philip’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Philip's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Philip Morris Products S.A. received 811 grants versus 263 in 2015–2019 (+208% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 234 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 17. Lead class A24F accounts for 55.3% of the portfolio across 135 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC (#344) and Lutron Technology Company LLC (#352).

Philip's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Philip Morris Products S.A. moved from 404 to 520 grants (1.29x 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 #659. See the growth leaderboard.

Merck Sharp & Doh…

1,248
Synopsys

1,245
Symantec

1,244
FCA US

1,243
Philip Morris Pro… ◀

1,240
HKC

1,232
Warsaw Orthopedic

1,232
Johnson Controls…

1,231
Lutron Technology

1,229

What this shows Philip holds 1,240 patents at rank #348, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Philip

By rank, the assignees closest to #348 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Philip, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A24F (Smokers' Requisites), Philip ranks #2 of 214 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Arista Networks, Inc. 66 Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. 66 Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH 66 University of Virginia Patent Foundation 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Sandvik Intellectual Property AB 13.4 avg KIA Corporation 13.4 avg Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 13.4 avg Dongwoo Fine-chem Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg

Philip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Philip Morris Products S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	1.4%
2016	21	1.7%
2017	39	3.1%
2018	73	5.9%
2019	113	9.1%
2020	145	11.7%
2021	146	11.8%
2022	167	13.5%
2023	119	9.6%
2024	234	18.9%
2025partial year	166	13.4%

Which technologies does Philip Morris Products S.A. patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 686

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 373

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 255

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 246

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 179

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 145

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 75

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 48

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 28

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 24

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 22

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 21

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 19

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 17

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 15

Top 15 of 135 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

Philip Morris Products S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Philip Morris Products S.A.'s lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 55.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #348 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Philip Morris Products S.A. against Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.2/100 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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