Where does Quintiles IMS Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Quintiles IMS Incorporated ranks #27,222 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 Quintiles IMS Incorporated hold?

Quintiles IMS Incorporated holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Quintiles IMS Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Quintiles IMS Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th 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 Quintiles IMS Incorporated focus on?

Quintiles IMS Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents, ranking #5,405 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Quintiles IMS Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Quintiles IMS Incorporated'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 Quintiles IMS Incorporated's patents?

Quintiles IMS Incorporated's patents average 21.6 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 Quintiles IMS Incorporated 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

Quintiles IMS Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Quintiles ranks #27,222 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 8 technology areas.

#27,222
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27222 · US Corporation #27,222 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,222/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Quantum Source Labs
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Quantum Source Labs 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 Quintiles’s 31.2 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (42%)

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What this shows Quintiles's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Quintiles?

Each dot is one of Quintiles’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). Quintiles’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Quintiles's grants concentrate

Quintiles IMS Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Quintiles sits between Quantum Source Labs Ltd. and R.A. Investment Management S.A.R.L..

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What this shows Quintiles holds 10 patents at rank #27,212, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Quintiles

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,212 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Quintiles's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Quintiles IMS Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	30.0%
2018	6	60.0%
2019	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Quintiles IMS Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Quintiles IMS Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Quintiles IMS Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #27,222 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Quintiles IMS Incorporated against Quantum Source Labs Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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

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.