Company Analysis

Adagene Inc. (ADAG)

Nasdaq: ADAG · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Jiangsu, CN · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade5.5
◀ Past 6.2● Present 4.7▶ Future 5.6
2 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

12 patents granted to the 3 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Adagene Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
12
12 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 3 in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
19
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'16'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Biotechnology6
Pharmaceuticals4
Organic fine chemistry2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
Adagene Inc. its own name
KY, as the owner printed on each patent. 2 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CH)
12 granted
15 published
Adagene Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in KY. 11 more under the same name are not counted (printed in SG, printed in CH, printed in GB)
0 granted
3 published
Adagene (Suzhou) Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (1)
Adagene Inc.
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in CN, KY. 0 granted and 8 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,503,693Integrated system for library construction, affinity binder screening and expression thereofBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Aug 12, 202512,385,162Dynamic human heavy chain antibody librariesBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Aug 5, 202512,378,319Anti-CD137 molecules and use thereofPharmaceuticalsAdagene Inc.
Aug 6, 202412,054,548Anti-PD-L1 antibodies and use thereofPharmaceuticalsAdagene Inc.
Apr 9, 202411,952,681Masked activatable CD137 antibodiesOrganic fine chemistryAdagene Inc.
Jan 2, 202411,859,003Method for treating cancer using anti-CD137 antibodyPharmaceuticalsAdagene Inc.
Jul 4, 202311,692,036Anti-CTLA4 antibodies and methods of making and using the sameBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Feb 21, 202311,585,014Dynamic human antibody light chain librariesOrganic fine chemistryAdagene Inc.
Feb 14, 202311,578,426Dynamic human heavy chain antibody librariesBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Nov 1, 202211,485,977Methods and systems for autoinduction of protein expressionBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 18, 20242024/0240358DYNAMIC HUMAN HEAVY CHAIN ANTIBODY LIBRARIESBiotechnologyAdagene Inc. · patent 12,385,162 granted from it
Jun 27, 20242024/0209092COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR TREATING CANCERPharmaceuticalsAdagene Inc.
May 9, 20242024/0150749ACTIVATABLE ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOFOrganic fine chemistryAdagene Inc.
May 2, 20242024/0141046ANTI-CTLA4 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMEBiotechnologyAdagene Inc.
Sep 14, 20232023/0287597DYNAMIC HUMAN ANTIBODY LIGHT CHAIN LIBRARIESOrganic fine chemistryAdagene Inc.
Jun 29, 20232023/0203170Anti-CSF1R Molecules and Use ThereofPharmaceuticalsAdagene (Suzhou) Limited
Jun 30, 20222022/0204637ANTI-CD137 MOLECULES AND USE THEREOFPharmaceuticalsAdagene Inc. · patent 12,378,319 granted from it
Mar 24, 20222022/0090053INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION, AFFINITY BINDER SCREENING AND EXPRESSION THEREOFBiotechnologyAdagene Inc. · patent 12,503,693 granted from it
Jul 8, 20212021/0207126ACTIVATABLE ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOFOrganic fine chemistryAdagene Inc. · patent 11,952,681 granted from it
Jul 8, 20212021/0206855ANTI-CTLA4 ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMEBiotechnologyAdagene Inc. · patent 11,692,036 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Biotechnology 2 · Organic fine chemistry 1 · Pharmaceuticals 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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