Where does B.Braun Medical Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), B.Braun Medical Inc. ranks #6,987 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 Medical Inc. hold?

B.Braun Medical Inc. holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is B.Braun Medical Inc.'s Innovation Score?

B.Braun Medical Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is B.Braun Medical Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

B.Braun Medical Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for B.Braun Medical Inc.'s patents?

B.Braun Medical Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 Medical 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

B.Braun Medical Inc.

Q: What technology areas does B.Braun Medical Inc. focus on?

B.Braun Medical 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 38 patents, ranking #194 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 20 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.braun ranks #6,987 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 20 technology areas.

#6,987
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6987 · US Corporation #6,987 · 47 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #6,987/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ascion
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ascion, LLC (±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 B.braun’s 48.0 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 13.4 pts (28%) Velocity 7.1 pts (15%) Breadth 15.8 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
B Braun Medical · this assignee

48
East Carolina… · near

48
Leica Instruments… · near

48
Mitel Networks · near

48
The University of… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows B.braun's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 B.braun?

Each dot is one of B.braun’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). B.braun’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where B.braun's grants concentrate

B.Braun Medical Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 80.9% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, B.braun sits between Avenu Medical, Inc. and Botrista, Inc..

B.braun's three-year grant acceleration

B.Braun Medical Inc. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Avenu Medical

47
Aviation Communic…

47
Avidity Bioscienc…

47
Ascion

47
Beijing BOE Multi…

47
BI Incorporated

47
Brp-rotax & KG

47
Botrista

47
B Braun Medical ◀

47

What this shows B.Braun holds 47 patents at rank #6,987, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BBraun

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,987 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BBraun, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), BBraun ranks #194 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

East Carolina University 48 The University of Western Australia 48 Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 48 Mitel Networks Corporation 48

B.braun's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 Medical Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.3%
2016	5	10.6%
2017	7	14.9%
2018	2	4.3%
2019	5	10.6%
2020	5	10.6%
2021	4	8.5%
2022	6	12.8%
2023	5	10.6%
2024	4	8.5%
2025partial year	2	4.3%

Which technologies does B.Braun Medical 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 38

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 27

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 20

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 18

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 18

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

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 2

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

Top 15 of 20 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

B.Braun Medical Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

B.Braun Medical 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), 80.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #6,987 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare B.Braun Medical Inc. against Avenu Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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

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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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