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Grade B Patent Portfolios

1 companies with strong patent strength

Grade B means strong patent portfolios with good diversity and healthy remaining patent life. Patent Strength Scores are calculated using USPTO PatentsView data.

1
Companies
150
Total Patents
65
Avg Score
1%
Of All Companies
ABCDF

All Grade B Companies

CompanyPatentsScoreExpiring 2yrExpiring 5yr
IBM15065011

Frequently Asked Questions

Grade B (Strong) indicates strong patent portfolios with good diversity and healthy remaining patent life. The grade is based on portfolio size (30%), claims breadth (25%), time remaining (25%), and portfolio diversity (20%).

1 of 100 tracked companies currently have a Grade B Patent Strength Score, holding a combined 150 patents.

Grade B companies have strong IP protection. Their patent portfolios provide competitive moats, licensing revenue potential, and defensive positioning against competitors.

Sources: USPTO PatentsView
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/methodology

The this entity category groups every U.S. pharmaceutical patent expirations entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader the FDA Orange Book and USPTO patent records distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying the FDA Orange Book and USPTO patent records data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Source: USPTO patent search, 2026.