Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
93 patents granted to the 6 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 Pacira BioSciences, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
93
88 utility, 5 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
16
Against 17 in 2024 and 14 in 2023
Applications published
100
7 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a former name, a subsidiary
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
Medical technology24
Pharmaceuticals24
Chemical engineering12
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
57 granted
26 publishedPacira CryoTech, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
35 granted
24 publishedPacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
42 publishedPacira CryoTech, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 publishedPacira Therapeutics, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 publishedPacira Therapeutics, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,508,062 | Cryogenic therapy systems and methods | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 12,471,977 | Secure cryosurgical treatment system | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,458,530 | Cryogenic enhancement of joint function, alleviation of joint stiffness and/or alleviation of pain associated with osteoarthritis | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,458,424 | Stabilizing pressure in cryogenic devices | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 12,433,878 | Uses of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes as stellate ganglion block | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,370,142 | Manufacturing of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 12,364,764 | Sustained release thermosetting gels comprising sodium channel blockers and the methods of making same | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Jun 3, 2025 | 12,318,483 | Manufacturing of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,296,047 | Manufacturing of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes | Chemical engineering | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Apr 29, 2025 | 12,285,435 | Multivesicular liposome formulations of dexamethasone | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352474 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352471 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 2025/0352470 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| May 22, 2025 | 2025/0161284 | USES OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES AS STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK FOR TREATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0134814 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Chemical engineering | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 2025/0064742 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Chemical engineering | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · patent 12,296,047 granted from it |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 2025/0057577 | INTEGRATED COLD THERAPY AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING AND TREATING NERVES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2024/0408015 | MANUFACTURING OF BUPIVACAINE MULTIVESICULAR LIPOSOMES | Chemical engineering | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · patent 12,178,909 granted from it |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0399100 | INTRAARTICULAR POSTEROMEDIAL LANDMARK INJECTION FOR LOWER EXTREMITY ANALGESIA | Pharmaceuticals | Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 2024/0398461 | Methods and Systems for Locating and Treating Nerves With Cold Therapy | Medical technology | Pacira CryoTech, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Pharmaceuticals 10 · Medical technology 6 · Chemical engineering 3.
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.