Where does R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC ranks #5,243 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 R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC hold?

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's Innovation Score?

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 50.1 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC focus on?

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 52 patents, ranking #414 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's recent grant velocity is +3% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's patents?

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's patents average 17.5 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 R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC 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

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, R.p. ranks #5,243 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 26 technology areas.

#5,243
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.1/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5243 · US Corporation #5,243 · 66 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,243/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paul Hettich & KG
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG (±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 R.p.’s 50.1 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 14.5 pts (29%) Velocity 7.0 pts (14%) Breadth 18.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bandai · near

50
Iogen · near

50
R P Scherer · this assignee

50
Stego-holding · near

50
Torrey Pines Logic · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows R.p.'s Innovation Score is 50.1/100 (top 14% 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 R.p.?

Each dot is one of R.p.’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). R.p.’s own 17.5 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.

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

Where R.p.'s grants concentrate

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 78.8% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, R.p. sits between Pcms Holdings, Inc. and Spraying Systems Co..

R.p.'s three-year grant acceleration

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Pcms Holdings

66
Photonics Technol…

66
Paul Hettich & KG

66
Quantumscape Batt…

66
Röchling Automoti…

66
Silver Spring Net…

66
Sorin Group Itali…

66
Spraying Systems

66
R P Scherer ◀

66

What this shows R.P. holds 66 patents at rank #5,243, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RP

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,243 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), RP ranks #414 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Bandai Co. Ltd 50 Iogen Corporation 50 Stego-holding GMBH 50 Torrey Pines Logic, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP 17.5 avg Magna Exteriors Inc. 17.5 avg Colorado State University Research Foundation 17.5 avg Harman Becker Automotive Systems GMBH 17.5 avg

R.p.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.0%
2016	7	10.6%
2017	9	13.6%
2018	4	6.1%
2019	7	10.6%
2020	5	7.6%
2021	6	9.1%
2022	5	7.6%
2023	4	6.1%
2024	10	15.2%
2025partial year	7	10.6%

Which technologies does R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 52

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 24

C07K - Peptides 17

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 14

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 7

C12Y - Enzymes 7

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 6

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 5

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B01D - Separation 3

Top 15 of 26 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

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 78.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,243 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC against Pcms Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.1/100 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.

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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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