Company Analysis

MannKind Corporation (MNKD)

Nasdaq: MNKD · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Danbury, CT · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade6.2
◀ Past 6.3● Present 6.4▶ Future 5.9

Patents

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

275 patents granted to the 2 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 MannKind Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
275
245 utility, 30 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
14
Against 11 in 2024 and 12 in 2023
Applications published
301
20 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Pharmaceuticals31
Medical technology16
Organic fine chemistry5
Chemical engineering3
Handling1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
MannKind Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
275 granted
144 published
MannKind Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
157 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,508,376Dry powder inhalerPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Nov 11, 202512,465,681Cartridge insertion mechanism for a fluid delivery deviceMedical technologyMannKind Corporation
Nov 4, 202512,459,903Formation of n-protected 3,6-bis-(4-aminoalkyl)-2,5,diketopiperazineChemical engineeringMannKind Corporation
Oct 28, 202512,453,702Apparatus and method for cryogranulating a pharmaceutical compositionPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Oct 21, 202512,447,293Dry powder inhaler and system for drug deliveryPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Oct 14, 202512,440,620Moving basal engine for a fluid delivery deviceMedical technologyMannKind Corporation
Oct 7, 202512,433,889Compositions of clofazimine, combinations comprising them, processes for their preparation, uses and methods comprising themPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Aug 12, 202512,383,552Diketopiperazine microparticles with defined specific surface areasPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Jul 29, 202512,370,137Method and composition for treating obesityPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Jul 15, 202512,357,599Prodrugs of treprostinilPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 20, 20252025/0352530METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING LUNG DISEASESPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Oct 9, 20252025/0312419PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODSPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Oct 2, 20252025/0302786PRODRUGS OF TREPROSTINILPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Sep 18, 20252025/0288515METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING LUNG DISEASESPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Aug 7, 20252025/0249075USE OF ULTRARAPID ACTING INSULINPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Jul 17, 20252025/0228779METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TREATING PULMONARY FIBROSISPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
Jul 3, 20252025/0214946FORMATION OF N-PROTECTED 3,6-BIS-(4-AMINOBUTYL)-2,5-DIKETOPIPERAZINE THROUGH A CYCLIC ALPHA-N-PROTECTED AMINO ESTER INTERMEDIATEOrganic fine chemistryMannKind Corporation
Jun 19, 20252025/0201377OPTIMIZATION OF DOSING AND PRESCRIBING OF MEDICATIONMedical technologyMannKind Corporation
Jun 5, 20252025/0177388Compositions of Clofazimine, Combinations Comprising Them, Processes for Their Preparation, Uses and Methods Comprising ThemPharmaceuticalsMannKind Corporation
May 22, 20252025/0163003Formation of N-Protected 3,6-bis-(4-aminoalkyl)-2,5,diketopiperazineChemical engineeringMannKind Corporation
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Pharmaceuticals 26 · Medical technology 7 · Organic fine chemistry 3 · Handling 1 · Chemical engineering 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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