Where does Becton, Dickinson and Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Becton, Dickinson and Company ranks #175 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company hold?

Becton, Dickinson and Company holds 2,235 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 143 technology areas.

What is Becton, Dickinson and Company's Innovation Score?

Becton, Dickinson and Company has an Innovation Score of 67.7 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Becton, Dickinson and Company's recent grant velocity is +32% 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company's patents?

Becton, Dickinson and Company's patents average 14.7 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 Becton, Dickinson and Company 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

Becton, Dickinson and Company

Q: What technology areas does Becton, Dickinson and Company focus on?

Becton, Dickinson and Company'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 1,249 patents, ranking #1 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 143 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,235 granted patents across 143 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, Becton ranks #175 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,235 patents across 143 technology areas.

#175
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.7/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R175 · US Corporation #175 · 2,235 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #175/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sumitomo Rubber…
CPC-WIDE A61M · 143 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (±3 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 Becton’s 67.7 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 26.6 pts (39%) Velocity 7.3 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Qingdao University… · near

68
Aeva · near

68
HKC · near

68
Becton Dickinson and · this assignee

68
Siemens Gamesa… · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Becton's Innovation Score is 67.7/100 (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 Becton?

Each dot is one of Becton’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). Becton’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Becton's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Becton, Dickinson and Company received 1,148 grants versus 871 in 2015–2019 (+32% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 271 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 123. Lead class A61M accounts for 55.9% of the portfolio across 143 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. (#171) and Cilag GmbH International (#179).

Becton's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Becton, Dickinson and Company moved from 652 to 711 grants (1.09x 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 #976. See the growth leaderboard.

Hyundai Mobis

2,279
The Board of Trus…

2,275
LG Energy Solution

2,270
Depuy Synthes Pro…

2,257
Becton Dickinson… ◀

2,235
Sumitomo Rubber I…

2,232
Daikin Industries

2,229
Visa Internationa…

2,222
Cilag Internation…

2,210

What this shows Becton holds 2,235 patents at rank #175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Becton

By rank, the assignees closest to #175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Becton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Becton ranks #1 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

HKC Corporation Limited 68 Aeva, Inc. 68 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy 68 Qingdao University OF Technology 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Danfoss A/S 14.7 avg Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. 14.7 avg ASM Technology Singapore PTE Ltd 14.7 avg Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 14.7 avg

Becton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 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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Becton, Dickinson and Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	123	5.5%
2016	158	7.1%
2017	192	8.6%
2018	183	8.2%
2019	215	9.6%
2020	244	10.9%
2021	193	8.6%
2022	206	9.2%
2023	234	10.5%
2024	271	12.1%
2025partial year	216	9.7%

Which technologies does Becton, Dickinson and Company 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 1,249

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 481

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 364

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 193

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 153

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 143

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 139

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 95

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 86

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 59

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 58

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 56

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 46

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 42

B01D - Separation 38

Top 15 of 143 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

Becton, Dickinson and Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Becton, Dickinson and Company'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), 55.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #175 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Becton, Dickinson and Company against Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.7/100 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.

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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

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