Where does B. Braun Avitum AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), B. Braun Avitum AG ranks #2,622 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does B. Braun Avitum AG hold?

B. Braun Avitum AG holds 148 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is B. Braun Avitum AG's Innovation Score?

B. Braun Avitum AG has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is B. Braun Avitum AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

B. Braun Avitum AG's recent grant velocity is -36% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for B. Braun Avitum AG's patents?

B. Braun Avitum AG's patents average 12.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the B. Braun Avitum AG patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

B. Braun Avitum AG

Q: What technology areas does B. Braun Avitum AG focus on?

B. Braun Avitum AG's top technology area is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor) with 135 patents. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 148 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, B. ranks #2,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 148 patents across 54 technology areas.

#2,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2622 · Foreign Corporation #2,622 · 148 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 148 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ablynx
CPC-WIDE A61M · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ablynx N.V. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B Braun Avitum · this assignee

51
Institut National… · near

51
National Health… · near

51
Woodpeckers · near

51
Yamaguchi University · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows B.'s Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

How B.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B. Braun Avitum AG received 51 grants versus 80 in 2015–2019 (-36% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 4. Lead class A61M accounts for 91.2% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited (#2,618) and Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. (#2,626).

B.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, B. Braun Avitum AG moved from 59 to 14 grants (0.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,057. See the growth leaderboard.

Thunder Power New…

149
Varjo 0y

149
ZIH

149
Ablynx

148
Barefoot Networks

148
Casale

148
Deutsches Zentrum…

148
Elo Touch Solutio…

148
B Braun Avitum ◀

148

What this shows B. holds 148 patents at rank #2,622, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near B

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,622 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in B's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for B, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Woodpeckers, LLC 51 Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue 51 National Health Research Institutes 51 Yamaguchi University 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.3 here).

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A. 12.3 avg The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy 12.3 avg THE Glad Products Company 12.3 avg Tata Consultancy Services Limited 12.3 avg

B.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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B. Braun Avitum AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	2.7%
2016	16	10.8%
2017	16	10.8%
2018	22	14.9%
2019	22	14.9%
2020	27	18.2%
2021	10	6.8%
2022	4	2.7%
2023	4	2.7%
2024	6	4.1%
2025partial year	17	11.5%

Which technologies does B. Braun Avitum AG patent most?

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 135

B01D - Separation 17

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 17

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 11

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 9

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 5

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

Top 15 of 54 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,622

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

B. Braun Avitum AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

B. Braun Avitum AG's lead technology class is A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor), 91.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #2,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare B. Braun Avitum AG against Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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