IQVIA Holdings Inc. (IQV)
NYSE: IQV · Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research · Durham, NC · filing with the SEC since 2009
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026165 patents granted to the 19 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 IQVIA Holdings Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
165
159 utility, 6 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
25
Against 27 in 2024 and 20 in 2023
Applications published
153
19 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
19
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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
Computer technology55
Medical technology22
Organic fine chemistry5
IT methods for management3
Digital communication2
Biotechnology2
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name19 counted
IQVIA Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 published
IQVIA Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
70 published
RULES-BASED MEDICINE INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
25 published
IMS SOFTWARE SERVICES, LTD. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 published
Privacy Analytics Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CA
30 published
Privacy Analytics Inc. a subsidiary
CA, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US)
1 published
RULES-BASED MEDICINE INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
6 published
BIOFORTIS INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Linguamatics Ltd. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
POLARIS SOLUTIONS LTD. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 4 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
0 published
Outcome Sciences, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Linguamatics Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
2 published
Cedar Gate Partners, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
DATALINE SOFTWARE, LTD. a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Dataline Software, Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
1 published
Prometheus Research, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 published
Q Squared Solutions Holdings LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 published
SHANGHAI ILLUMINERA DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Shanghai Illuminera Digital Technology Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
1 published
Names not counted (6)
Forcea NV
Most of its patents print FR; this name counts in BE. 2 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
DrugDev Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 3 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
DrugDev Limited
Most of its patents print US; this name counts in GB. 0 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
Polaris Solutions Ltd.
Most of its patents print IL; this name counts in HK, US. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
IMS Software Services Ltd.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Inteliquet, Inc.
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 18 · Medical technology 10 · Organic fine chemistry 5 · IT methods for management 3 · Biotechnology 2 · Digital communication 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.