Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 6 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Prelude ranks #18,010 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 6 technology areas.
- #18,010
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 20%
- by Innovation Score (46.8/100)
- 29.3
- avg claims per patent
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18010 · US Corporation #18,010 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
- MID-PACK #18,010/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Pioneer Energy
- CPC-NARROW A61P · 6 areas
- INNOV-PAR 46.8/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 29.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Pioneer Energy (±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 Prelude’s 46.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Prelude
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Prelude Therapeutics… · this assignee
Prelude Therapeutics… · this assignee
47 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Prelude's Innovation Score is 46.8/100 (top 20% 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 Prelude?
Each dot is one of Prelude’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). Prelude’s own 29.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Prelude's grants concentrate
Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Prelude sits between Pioneer Energy and Princeton Optronics, Inc..
Prelude's three-year grant acceleration
Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.
Who files at Prelude's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Pioneer Energy
Pioneer Energy
16 patents
- Poly-gel L L C
Poly-Gel L.L.C.
16 patents
- Power Technology…
Power Technology Holdings LLC
16 patents
- Power2b
Power2b, Inc.
16 patents
- Premier Introduct…
Premier Introductions Inc.
16 patents
- Prevar
Prevar Limited
16 patents
- Pridefield
Pridefield Limited
16 patents
- Princeton Optroni…
Princeton Optronics, Inc.
16 patents
- Prelude Therapeut… ◀
Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated
16 patents
What this shows Prelude holds 16 patents at rank #18,012, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Prelude
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,012 in granted patent volume.
- Pioneer Energy #18,008 · 16 patents
- Poly-Gel L.L.C. #18,009 · 16 patents
- Power Technology Holdings LLC #18,010 · 16 patents
- Power2b, Inc. #18,011 · 16 patents
- Premier Introductions Inc. #18,013 · 16 patents
- Prevar Limited #18,014 · 16 patents
- Pridefield Limited #18,015 · 16 patents
- Princeton Optronics, Inc. #18,016 · 16 patents
Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Prelude's primary technology class.
- The Regents of the University of California 1,387 in class
- Novartis AG 1,071 in class
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC 889 in class
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 879 in class
- Genentech, Inc. 789 in class
- The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 744 in class
- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. 722 in class
- The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 721 in class
Prelude's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2022 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2023 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 6.3% |
Which technologies does Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated patent most?
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
- Ranked #18,010 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Prelude Therapeutics, Incorporated against Pioneer Energy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 46.8/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.