Where does Biocare Medical, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biocare Medical, LLC ranks #22,279 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 Biocare Medical, LLC hold?

Biocare Medical, LLC holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Biocare Medical, LLC's Innovation Score?

Biocare Medical, LLC has an Innovation Score of 23.9 out of 100 (13th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Biocare Medical, LLC focus on?

Biocare Medical, LLC's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 12 patents, ranking #1,245 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Biocare Medical, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Biocare Medical, LLC's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Biocare Medical, LLC's patents?

Biocare Medical, LLC's patents average 13.3 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 Biocare Medical, LLC 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

Biocare Medical, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Biocare ranks #22,279 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 4 technology areas.

#22,279
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.9/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22279 · US Corporation #22,279 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,279/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BicDroid
CPC-NARROW G01N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BicDroid Inc. (±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 Biocare’s 23.9 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 8.9 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Biocare Medical · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Biocare's Innovation Score is 23.9/100 (13th percentile 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 Biocare?

Each dot is one of Biocare’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). Biocare’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Biocare's grants concentrate

Biocare Medical, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Biocare sits between BicDroid Inc. and Biosphere Aerospace, LLC.

Bicdroid

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Bio Pure Technolo…

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Bioaxone Bioscien…

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Biochemtex S p A

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Biocorp Productio…

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Biogen Internatio…

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Biosphere Aerospa…

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Biocare Medical ◀

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What this shows Biocare holds 12 patents at rank #22,299, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Biocare

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,299 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Biocare's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Biocare Medical, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	33.3%
2017	3	25.0%
2018	1	8.3%
2019	3	25.0%
2020	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Biocare Medical, LLC patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

C07K - Peptides 8

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Biocare Medical, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Biocare Medical, LLC's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #22,279 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biocare Medical, LLC against BicDroid Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.9/100 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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