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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Senomyx, Inc. ranks #6,071 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 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, ranking #303 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. 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.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Senomyx ranks #6,071 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 56 patents across 20 technology areas.

#6,071
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6071 · US Corporation #6,071 · 56 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 56 grants
UPPER-Q #6,071/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ravin Crossbows
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ravin Crossbows, LLC (±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 Senomyx’s 41.3 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 14.0 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C Uyemura & · near

41
GTX · near

41
Johann Wolfgang… · near

41
LipoScience · near

41
Senomyx · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Senomyx's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% 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 Senomyx?

Each dot is one of Senomyx’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). Senomyx’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Senomyx's grants concentrate

Senomyx, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (15 grants) versus a trough of 9 in 2018. By volume, Senomyx sits between Retailmenot, Inc. and Sentons Inc..

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). In C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), Senomyx ranks #303 of 3,165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

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 49,997 US assignees

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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

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Senomyx, Inc.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #6,071 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Senomyx, Inc. against Retailmenot, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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.