Where does Sanofi Biotechnology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sanofi Biotechnology ranks #9,116 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 Sanofi Biotechnology hold?

Sanofi Biotechnology holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Sanofi Biotechnology's Innovation Score?

Sanofi Biotechnology has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sanofi Biotechnology focus on?

Sanofi Biotechnology's top technology area is C07K (Peptides) with 35 patents, ranking #277 of 3,615 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sanofi Biotechnology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sanofi Biotechnology's recent grant velocity is +91% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sanofi Biotechnology's patents?

Sanofi Biotechnology's patents average 23.4 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 Sanofi Biotechnology 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 Foreign Corporation

Sanofi Biotechnology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: C07K (Peptides).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sanofi ranks #9,116 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 13 technology areas.

#9,116
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent: +91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9116 · Foreign Corporation #9,116 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,116/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Reciprocal Labs
CPC-FOCUS C07K · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Reciprocal Labs Corporation (±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 Sanofi’s 47.6 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 12.4 pts (26%) Velocity 8.5 pts (18%) Breadth 12.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cybereason · near

48
FPT Industrial S P A · near

48
QlikTech Internation… · near

48
Sanofi Biotechnology · this assignee

48
Short Brothers · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sanofi's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Sanofi?

Each dot is one of Sanofi’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). Sanofi’s own 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sanofi's grants concentrate

Sanofi Biotechnology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C07K (Peptides). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Sanofi sits between Reciprocal Labs Corporation and Showa Glove Co..

Sanofi's three-year grant acceleration

Sanofi Biotechnology shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Reciprocal Labs

35
Robert Welch Desi…

35
Robotic Research…

35
S I P A Societa'…

35
Scinopharm Taiwan

35
Seikoh Giken

35
Shannon Systems

35
Showa Glove

35
Sanofi Biotechnol… ◀

35

What this shows Sanofi holds 35 patents at rank #9,114, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sanofi

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,114 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07K (Peptides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sanofi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07K (Peptides), Sanofi ranks #277 of 3,615 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

FPT Industrial S.P.A 48 Short Brothers PLC 48 QlikTech International AB 48 Cybereason Inc. 48

Sanofi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Sanofi Biotechnology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	8.6%
2018	4	11.4%
2019	4	11.4%
2020	1	2.9%
2021	6	17.1%
2022	6	17.1%
2023	4	11.4%
2024	4	11.4%
2025partial year	3	8.6%

Which technologies does Sanofi Biotechnology patent most?

C07K - Peptides 35

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 34

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 33

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

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 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B21J - FORGING; HAMMERING; Pressing METAL; RIVETING; Forge Furnaces 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Sanofi Biotechnology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sanofi Biotechnology's lead technology class is C07K (Peptides), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07K
Ranked #9,116 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sanofi Biotechnology against Reciprocal Labs Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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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