Where does THE Boots Company Plc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Boots Company Plc ranks #20,513 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 THE Boots Company Plc hold?

THE Boots Company Plc holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is THE Boots Company Plc's Innovation Score?

THE Boots Company Plc has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (top 56% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE Boots Company Plc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Boots Company Plc's recent grant velocity is -37% 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 THE Boots Company Plc's patents?

THE Boots Company Plc's patents average 6.0 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 THE Boots Company Plc 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

THE Boots Company Plc

Q: What technology areas does THE Boots Company Plc focus on?

THE Boots Company Plc's top technology area is A61Q (SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 4 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: A61Q (SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #20,513 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 4 technology areas.

#20,513
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 56%
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 6.0
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20513 · Foreign Corporation #20,513 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,513/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH TESLA LABORATORIES
CPC-NARROW A61Q · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tesla Laboratories, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THE Boots · this assignee

33
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (top 56% 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 THE's grants concentrate

THE Boots Company Plc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61Q (SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, THE sits between Tesla Laboratories, Llc and Thomson Industries, Inc..

Tesla Laboratories

14
TESO LT UAB

14
TEVA Pharmaceutic…

14
TEXA S P A

14
THE Lycra

14
THE Metal WARE

14
THE Sweet Living…

14
Thomson Industries

14
THE Boots ◀

14

What this shows THE holds 14 patents at rank #20,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 Top 56% higher than 44% of 50,000 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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THE Boots Company Plc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	14.3%
2018	5	35.7%
2019	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	2	14.3%
2023	1	7.1%
2024	1	7.1%
2025partial year	1	7.1%

Which technologies does THE Boots Company Plc patent most?

A61Q - SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS 7

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 7

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 2

A45D - HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT ; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,513

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

33.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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