What Did The Patent Landscape of Pfizer Inc Look Like?

Pfizer Inc. is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City, United States. The company was founded in 1849 by cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart and has since become one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Pfizer’s market capitalization stands at approximately $309 billion USD, making it one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Pfizer Inc has a total of 13268 patents globally. Out of 13268 patents, 727 patents are active.      

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Pfizer

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 Pfizer

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	2326
		EXPIRED	1620
		WITHDRAWN	717
		DISCONTINUATION	549
		ABANDONED	479
		NON-PAYMENT	424
		CEASED	366
		REJECTED	166
		REVOKED	72
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	104
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	103
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	199
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	72
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	72
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	77
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	72
		EXPIRED	72
		ABANDONED	72
		DOUBLE	72
		REVOKED	72
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	4234
		NON-PAYMENT	650
		CEASED	513
		ABANDONED	101
		DISCONTINUATION	72
		REJECTED	72
		REVOKED	72
		WITHDRAWN	72
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	222
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	72
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	72
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	85
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	72
		REVOKED	72
		EXPIRED	72
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	72
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	72

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Pfizer

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Pfizer 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-5747498-A	120	302	320	222	112	1076
US-4677246-A	127	729	150	1	0	1007
US-4714469-A	302	215	207	155	56	935
US-5431921-A	21	44	283	248	124	720
US-5496271-A	203	145	160	140	22	670
WO-2000037504-A2	16	42	148	281	164	651
US-4531943-A	166	100	116	151	54	587
US-6603008-B1	3	181	179	136	36	535
WO-1996027583-A1	96	64	86	143	84	473
WO-1996033172-A1	97	55	82	147	84	465

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

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Pfizer

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
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (A61K)	5642	1795	32
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (C07D)	4972	1952	39
SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS (A61P)	3931	1085	28
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (C07C)	1259	669	53
PEPTIDES (C07K)	686	193	28
FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE (C12P)	662	397	60
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (C12N)	579	186	32
SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (C07H)	530	270	51
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (G01N)	469	133	28
STEROIDS (C07J)	391	280	72

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