USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Senomyx, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 56 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.2

Avg claims per patent

-100%

5-year grant velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Senomyx ranks #6,071 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 20 technology areas.

#6,071
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Senomyx, Inc. has been granted 56 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing Senomyx, Inc. at #6,071 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 20 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS). As a US Corporation, Senomyx, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Senomyx sits between Retailmenot, Inc. (56 patents, rank #6,067) and Sentons Inc. (56 patents, rank #6,075) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 56 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Senomyx, Inc.'s 19.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 20 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Retailmenot

56
Ravin Crossbows

56
Reckitt & Colman…

56
Restoration Robot…

56
Sentera

56
Shenzhen Xunweiji…

56
Storagecraft Tech…

56
Sentons

56
Senomyx ◀

56

What this shows Senomyx holds 56 patents at rank #6,071, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Senomyx

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,071 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Senomyx, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

C.uyemura & Co., Ltd. 41 GTX Corp 41 Liposcience, Inc. 41 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-universität Frankfurt Am Main 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Ludwig-maximilians-universitat Munchen 19.2 avg Tibco Software Inc. 19.2 avg SF Motors, Inc. 19.2 avg Dril-quip, Inc. 19.2 avg

Senomyx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Senomyx, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	21.4%
2016	11	19.6%
2017	15	26.8%
2018	9	16.1%
2019	9	16.1%

Which technologies does Senomyx, Inc. patent most?

C07D - HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 28

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 27

A23L - FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF 27

A23V - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION 21

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 19

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 18

C07K - PEPTIDES 13

C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 10

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 10

A01K - ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS 6

C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C 4

C07F - ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM 4

C07H - SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS 3

G16B - BIOINFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GENETIC OR PROTEIN-RELATED DATA PROCESSING IN COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 3

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Grant record at a glance

Portfolio Volume 56 grants

CPC subclasses 20

Avg. claims / grant 19.2

Velocity -100%

Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,071

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Senomyx, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Senomyx, Inc. ranks #6,071 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Senomyx, Inc. hold?

Senomyx, Inc. holds 56 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Senomyx, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Senomyx, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Senomyx, Inc. focus on?

Senomyx, Inc.'s top technology area is C07D (HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS) with 28 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

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

Senomyx, Inc.'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 Senomyx, Inc.'s patents?

Senomyx, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Senomyx, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Senomyx's 56 grants land it in the top 33% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Senomyx ranks #6,071 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C07D - see who else leads that technology area. C07D leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

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.