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The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services

Q: Where does The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services ranks #360 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 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 PatentsView assignee record - 1,197 granted patents across 84 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #360 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,197 patents across 84 technology areas.

#360
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.9/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R360 · US Federal Government #360 · 1,197 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #360/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH X Development
CPC-WIDE A61K · 84 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
VEL-DOWN -13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: X Development 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 The’s 64.9 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 24.5 pts (38%) Velocity 4.6 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advanced Energy… · near

65
Tsinghua University · near

65
Guangdong Brunp… · near

65
pSemi · near

65
The United States… · this assignee

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 64.9/100 (top 1% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How The's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services received 529 grants versus 608 in 2015–2019 (-13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 148 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 82. Lead class A61K accounts for 67.9% of the portfolio across 84 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Rolls-Royce Corporation (#356) and Canon Medical Systems Corporation (#364).

The's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services moved from 400 to 277 grants (0.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,177. See the growth leaderboard.

Rolls-royce

1,213
Pixart Imaging

1,212
Volvo CAR

1,206
Magna

1,198
X Development

1,197
The United States… ◀

1,197
Altera

1,196
Chevron U

1,194
Canon Medical Sys…

1,191

What this shows The holds 1,197 patents at rank #360, 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 #360 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for The, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), The ranks #6 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

pSemi Corporation 65 Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. 65 Tsinghua University 65 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Kabam, Inc. 18.0 avg Teleflex Medical Incorporated 18.0 avg Copeland LP 18.0 avg Emerging Automotive, LLC 18.0 avg

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	109	9.1%
2016	120	10.0%
2017	115	9.6%
2018	116	9.7%
2019	148	12.4%
2020	136	11.4%
2021	116	9.7%
2022	112	9.4%
2023	83	6.9%
2024	82	6.9%
2025partial year	60	5.0%

Which technologies does The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 813

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 721

C07K - Peptides 513

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 431

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 337

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 150

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 143

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 129

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 65

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 45

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 38

C12Y - Enzymes 31

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 25

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 22

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 22

Top 15 of 84 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

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 67.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #360 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services against Rolls-Royce Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.9/100 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

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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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