Where does Piramal Imaging SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Piramal Imaging SA ranks #19,024 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 Piramal Imaging SA hold?

Piramal Imaging SA holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Piramal Imaging SA's Innovation Score?

Piramal Imaging SA has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd 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 Piramal Imaging SA focus on?

Piramal Imaging SA's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 13 patents, ranking #1,747 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Piramal Imaging SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Piramal Imaging SA'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 Piramal Imaging SA's patents?

Piramal Imaging SA's patents average 16.2 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 Piramal Imaging SA 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

Piramal Imaging SA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Piramal ranks #19,024 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#19,024
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19024 · Foreign Corporation #19,024 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,024/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PEP Innovation PTE
CPC-NARROW A61K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PEP Innovation PTE. Ltd. (±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 Piramal’s 29.9 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 9.6 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Owen Oil Tools · near

30
AAA Internet… · near

30
MA Lighting Technology · near

30
Patent & Investment · near

30
Piramal Imaging · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Piramal's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd 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 Piramal?

Each dot is one of Piramal’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). Piramal’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Piramal's grants concentrate

Piramal Imaging SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Piramal sits between PEP Innovation PTE. Ltd. and Preciflex SA.

PEP Innovation PTE

15
Petaio

15
Phinia Jersey Hol…

15
Phoenix Closures

15
Pneumatic Scale

15
Polytherics

15
Poul Chang Metal…

15
Preciflex

15
Piramal Imaging ◀

15

What this shows Piramal holds 15 patents at rank #19,003, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Piramal

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,003 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Piramal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Piramal ranks #1,747 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Patent & Investment LLC 30 AAA Internet Publishing Inc. 30 MA Lighting Technology GMBH 30 Owen Oil Tools LP 30

Piramal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Piramal Imaging SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	33.3%
2016	6	40.0%
2017	3	20.0%
2019	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Piramal Imaging SA patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 11

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 10

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 9

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

C07K - Peptides 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

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

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

Top 9 of 9 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

Piramal Imaging SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Piramal Imaging SA's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #19,024 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Piramal Imaging SA against PEP Innovation PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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