What Did The Patent Landscape of Cigna Look Like?

Cigna is a global health services company that offers insurance and related products and services to individuals and businesses. It was established in 1982 through the merger of the Insurance Company of North America (INA) and Connecticut General Corporation (CG). Cigna is headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and operates in 30 countries around the world, serving over 200 million customers with a wide range of healthcare and related services including medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance, behavioral health, pharmacy, and Medicare solutions.

Cigna has a total of 391 patents globally. Out of 391 patents, 161 patents are active. 

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Cigna that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Cigna’s patents, the global patent filing activity country wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Cigna’s patent portfolio.

What Did The Patent Landscape Of Cigna Look Like?

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Cigna

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	REJECTED	41
		WITHDRAWN	35
		NON-PAYMENT	9
		LAPSED	7
		DISCONTINUATION	5
		EXPIRED	2
		ABANDONED	2
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	40
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	32
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	92
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	73
		EXPIRED	5
		DOUBLE	2
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	27
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	12
		CEASED	2
		EXPIRED	2
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	2
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	2

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Cigna

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Cigna on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-20190362268-A1	0	0	0	43	135	178
US-5706441-A	49	52	39	13	5	158
CN-102026874-A	0	0	3	23	5	31
CN-102207997-A	0	0	7	18	5	30
US-20110125662-A1	0	0	3	23	0	26
CN-101678903-A	0	0	2	17	6	25
US-D452693-S1	0	0	2	20	1	23
CN-103416389-A	0	0	0	10	6	16
CN-106378356-A	0	0	0	15	1	16
US-20170189639-A1	0	0	0	6	9	15

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Cigna?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Cigna

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (B65B)	40	21	53
EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF, OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (G09B)	32	21	66
FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (F21V)	23	9	39
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	21	16	76
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02B)	19	12	63
CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES (B65D)	18	15	83
INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES, and, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED F21K, F21L, F21S, F21V (F21Y)	16	6	38
NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS (F21S)	14	5	36
GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT, OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, e.g. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES (H02S)	14	13	93
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	13	4	31

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