Where does Baxter International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Baxter International Inc. ranks #734 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 Baxter International Inc. hold?

Baxter International Inc. holds 620 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 93 technology areas.

What is Baxter International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Baxter International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Baxter International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Baxter International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Baxter International Inc.'s patents?

Baxter International Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Baxter International Inc. 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

Baxter International Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Baxter International Inc. focus on?

Baxter International Inc.'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 402 patents, ranking #17 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 93 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 620 granted patents across 93 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, Baxter ranks #734 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 620 patents across 93 technology areas.

#734
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.0/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R734 · US Corporation #734 · 620 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 620 grants
TOP-DECILE #734/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Siemens Energy…
CPC-WIDE A61M · 93 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (±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.

How Baxter’s 65.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 22.2 pts (34%) Velocity 6.6 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Baxter International · this assignee

65
Lenovo (United States) · near

65
Lumileds · near

65
Ocado Innovation · near

65
Schneider Electric USA · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Baxter's Innovation Score is 65.0/100 (top 1% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Baxter?

Each dot is one of Baxter’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Baxter’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Baxter vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Baxter's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Baxter International Inc. received 271 grants versus 305 in 2015–2019 (-11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 92 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 45. Lead class A61M accounts for 64.8% of the portfolio across 93 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (#730) and Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) (#738).

Baxter's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Baxter International Inc. moved from 168 to 167 grants (0.99x 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 #1,202. See the growth leaderboard.

Siemens Medical S…

623
Helen OF Troy

622
King Saud Univers…

622
Osram

622
Siemens Energy Gl…

620
Baxter Internatio… ◀

620
Hitachi Kokusai E…

618
Semes

618
Institut National…

617

What this shows Baxter holds 620 patents at rank #734, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Baxter

By rank, the assignees closest to #734 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Baxter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Baxter ranks #17 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Lumileds LLC 65 Ocado Innovation Limited 65 Lenovo (United States) Inc. 65 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Schlage Lock Company LLC 18.7 avg Workday, Inc. 18.7 avg Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 18.7 avg Nokia of America Corporation 18.7 avg

Baxter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Baxter International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	92	14.8%
2016	56	9.0%
2017	48	7.7%
2018	45	7.3%
2019	64	10.3%
2020	52	8.4%
2021	52	8.4%
2022	51	8.2%
2023	53	8.5%
2024	63	10.2%
2025partial year	44	7.1%

Which technologies does Baxter International Inc. 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 402

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 116

B01D - Separation 72

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 71

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 69

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 63

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 60

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 50

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 39

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 37

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 22

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 20

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 17

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 16

Top 15 of 93 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Baxter International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Baxter International Inc.'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), 64.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #734 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Baxter International Inc. against Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.0/100 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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