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SmithKline Beecham Limited

1,793Patents
74Active
1,793Granted
47Portfolio score

Filing activity: Mar 12, 1987 → Jun 20, 2011 · 72 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6958691B1 Medicament delivery system Physics 442 Expired
US5686455A Imidazole derivatives and their use as cytokine inhibitors Chemistry; Metallurgy 165 Expired
US5884457A Method and apparatus for automatically producing a plurality of sterile liquid filled delivery devices Performing Operations; Transporting 163 Expired
US5623415A Automated sampling and testing of biological materials Physics 160 Expired
US7168597B1 Aerosol metering valve Human Necessities 154 Expired
US5429746A Antibody purification Chemistry; Metallurgy 148 Expired
US5656644A Pyridyl imidazoles Chemistry; Metallurgy 130 Expired
US6391874B1 Fused heterocyclic compounds as protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors Chemistry; Metallurgy 127 Expired
US6752145B1 Medication dispenser Human Necessities 126 Expired
US7514446B2 Pyrimidine compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 119 Expired
US5658903A Imidazole compounds, compositions and use Chemistry; Metallurgy 113 Expired
US6376256B1 Rapid process for arraying and synthesizing bead-based combinatorial libraries Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
USD562151S1 Container General 102 Expired
US5866366A gidB Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US6268370A Compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 95 Expired
US5739143A Imidazole compounds and compositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 94 Expired
US7347200B2 Medicament dispenser Human Necessities 93 Expired
USD662203S1 Nasal dilator General 93 Active
US5886044A IL-8 receptor antagonists Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US5780483A IL-8 receptor antagonists Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Expired
US6369086B1 Substituted oxidole derivatives as protein tyrosine and as protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitors Chemistry; Metallurgy 89 Expired
US6431168B1 Dispenser with doses′ counter Human Necessities 86 Expired
USD418064S Combined bottle and cap General 86 Expired
US6645989B2 Compounds Chemistry; Metallurgy 86 Expired
US6936698B2 Monoclonal antibodies with reduced immunogenicity Chemistry; Metallurgy 86 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.