Where does Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #19,026 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 Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. hold?

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.9 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. focus on?

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 13 patents, ranking #1,479 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Pliant Therapeutics, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s patents?

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s patents average 64.4 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 Pliant Therapeutics, 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

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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, Pliant ranks #19,026 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#19,026
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.9/100): 64.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19026 · US Corporation #19,026 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,026/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Peterson Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW A61P · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 64.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Peterson Manufacturing Company (±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 Pliant’s 48.9 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 (20%) Velocity 15.0 pts (31%) Breadth 9.4 pts (19%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pliant Therapeutics · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Pliant's Innovation Score is 48.9/100 (top 16% 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 Pliant?

Each dot is one of Pliant’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). Pliant’s own 64.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pliant's grants concentrate

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Pliant sits between Peterson Manufacturing Company and Pointivo Inc..

Pliant's three-year grant acceleration

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Peterson Manufact…

15
Pfp Industries

15
Phillips Medical

15
Plessey Semicondu…

15
Pliops

15
Plum Laboratories

15
Plus Meditech

15
Pointivo

15
Pliant Therapeuti… ◀

15

What this shows Pliant holds 15 patents at rank #19,033, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pliant

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,033 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Pliant's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	20.0%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	3	20.0%
2024	4	26.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 11

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C07K - Peptides 1

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

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #19,026 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. against Peterson Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.9/100 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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