Pfizer patents

Pfizer holds 1,695 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,695
Recent patents423
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationMar 24, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015163
2016142
2017165
2018142
2019165
2020169
2021155
2022118
2023151
2024165
2025128
202632
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015163
2016142
2017165
2018142
2019165
2020169
2021155
2022118
2023151
2024165
2025128
202632

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A61P35/00721
A61P43/00534
A61P3/10367
A61K45/06334
A61P25/00333

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Pfizer have in patentsdb?
Pfizer is linked to 1,695 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Pfizer patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (1,579); Chemistry & Metallurgy (1,409); Cross-Sectional Technologies (124).
Is Pfizer's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 165 in 2024 and 128 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Pfizer?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.