Where does Bausch & Lomb Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bausch & Lomb Incorporated ranks #4,232 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 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated hold?

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 53.3 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's patents?

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's patents average 16.3 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 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 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 US Corporation

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Bausch & Lomb Incorporated focus on?

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 32 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 32 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bausch ranks #4,232 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 32 technology areas.

#4,232
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.3/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4232 · US Corporation #4,232 · 84 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,232/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aspect Imaging
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aspect Imaging Ltd. (±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
Bausch & Lomb… · this assignee

53
Bomag · near

53
Shindengen Electric… · near

53
TetraMem · near

53
Wabash National · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bausch's Innovation Score is 53.3/100 (top 9% 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.

Where Bausch's grants concentrate

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 38.1% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Bausch sits between Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. and Delaware Capital Formation, Inc..

Bausch's three-year grant acceleration

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Ubiquiti Networks

85
Utopus Insights

85
Vatech Ewoo Holdi…

85
Aspect Imaging

84
Bühler

84
Cybex

84
Datalogic USA

84
Delaware Capital…

84
Bausch & Lomb Inc… ◀

84

What this shows Bausch holds 84 patents at rank #4,232, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bausch

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,232 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Wabash National, L.P. 53 Bomag GmbH 53 Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 53 TetraMem Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

ABB AG 16.3 avg Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) 16.3 avg Neuravi Limited 16.3 avg Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 16.3 avg

Bausch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Bausch & Lomb Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	21.4%
2016	14	16.7%
2017	2	2.4%
2018	8	9.5%
2019	3	3.6%
2020	9	10.7%
2021	5	6.0%
2022	12	14.3%
2023	7	8.3%
2024	2	2.4%
2025partial year	4	4.8%

Which technologies does Bausch & Lomb Incorporated patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 32

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 20

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 18

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 16

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 11

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 11

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 8

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 7

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 6

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 5

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,232

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.3 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

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated's lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 38.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #4,232 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bausch & Lomb Incorporated against Ubiquiti Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.3/100 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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