Where does Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #25,273 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 Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th 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 Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 11 patents, ranking #2,031 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Sprout Pharmaceuticals, 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

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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, Sprout ranks #25,273 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 5 technology areas.

#25,273
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25273 · US Corporation #25,273 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,273/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spectricity
CPC-NARROW A61K · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spectricity (±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 Sprout’s 27.8 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 8.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sprout Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sprout's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 Sprout?

Each dot is one of Sprout’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). Sprout’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sprout's grants concentrate

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sprout sits between Spectricity and Stanley Works (Europe) GmbH.

Spectricity

11
Spinal Kinetics

11
Spiral Therapeuti…

11
Spookfish Innovat…

11
Spühl

11
Standard Biotools…

11
Standard Energy

11
Stanley Works (Eu…

11
Sprout Pharmaceut… ◀

11

What this shows Sprout holds 11 patents at rank #25,290, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sprout

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,290 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Sprout's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	9.1%
2017	4	36.4%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 9

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #25,273 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Spectricity, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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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