Where does Qpex Biopharma, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qpex Biopharma, Inc. ranks #29,874 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 Qpex Biopharma, Inc. hold?

Qpex Biopharma, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qpex Biopharma, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +250% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s patents?

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s patents average 33.1 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 Qpex Biopharma, 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

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Qpex Biopharma, Inc. focus on?

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s top technology area is C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium) with 9 patents, ranking #180 of 1,317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qpex ranks #29,874 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#29,874
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 33.1
avg claims per patent: +250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29874 · US Corporation #29,874 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,874/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao SM Parker Golf
CPC-NARROW C07F · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 33.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +250% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qingdao SM Parker Golf 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 Qpex’s 36.9 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 8.0 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (9%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qpex Biopharma · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qpex's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Qpex?

Each dot is one of Qpex’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). Qpex’s own 33.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qpex's grants concentrate

Qpex Biopharma, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Qpex sits between Qingdao SM Parker Golf Ltd. and Quantum Technologies GMBH.

Qpex's three-year grant acceleration

Qpex Biopharma, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Qingdao SM Parker…

9
Qingdao Vland Bio…

9
QLM Technology

9
Qmax

9
Quanta Fluid Solu…

9
Quantum Biosystems

9
Quantum IR

9
Quantum

9
Qpex Biopharma ◀

9

What this shows Qpex holds 9 patents at rank #29,847, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qpex

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,847 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07F (Acyclic)

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

Qpex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Qpex Biopharma, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	22.2%
2020	3	33.3%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2024	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Qpex Biopharma, Inc. patent most?

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 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

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Qpex Biopharma, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07F (Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07F
Ranked #29,874 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qpex Biopharma, Inc. against Qingdao SM Parker Golf Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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

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