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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ranks #33,567 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 Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. hold?

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

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

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents?

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Terns 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

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focus on?

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 8 patents. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Terns ranks #33,567 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 3 technology areas.

#33,567
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33567 · US Corporation #33,567 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,567/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ten Wing Scientific
CPC-NARROW A61P · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ten Wing Scientific Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Terns Pharmaceuticals · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Terns's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th 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.

Where Terns's grants concentrate

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). By volume, Terns sits between Ten Wing Scientific Co., Ltd. and Texas Emergency Network, LLC.

Terns's three-year grant acceleration

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Ten Wing Scientif…

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Tensar

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Tera Autotech

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8
Terns

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Terraclear

8
Tersus Life Scien…

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Texas Emergency N…

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8

What this shows Terns holds 8 patents at rank #33,615, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Terns

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,615 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Terns's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	7	87.5%

Which technologies does Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#33,567

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #33,567 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. against Ten Wing Scientific Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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.