Where does Biomet Manufacturing, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biomet Manufacturing, LLC ranks #915 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 Biomet Manufacturing, LLC hold?

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC holds 488 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's Innovation Score?

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC has an Innovation Score of 59.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Biomet Manufacturing, LLC focus on?

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 336 patents, ranking #63 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

Is Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's patents?

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's patents average 16.7 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 Biomet Manufacturing, 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

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 488 granted patents across 50 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Biomet ranks #915 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 488 patents across 50 technology areas.

#915
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.0/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R915 · US Corporation #915 · 488 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 488 grants
TOP-DECILE #915/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University-industry…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University-industry Cooperation Group OF Kyung HEE University (±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 Biomet’s 59.0 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 21.4 pts (36%) Velocity 2.6 pts (4%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biomet Manufacturing · this assignee

59
Element Six (UK) · near

59
NCH · near

59
Safran Ceramics · near

59
Tosoh · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biomet's Innovation Score is 59.0/100 (top 4% 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 Biomet?

Each dot is one of Biomet’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). Biomet’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Biomet's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Biomet Manufacturing, LLC received 133 grants versus 343 in 2015–2019 (-61% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 97 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 12. Lead class A61B accounts for 68.9% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Inphi Corporation (#911) and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (#919).

Biomet's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Biomet Manufacturing, LLC moved from 140 to 55 grants (0.39x 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 #2,891. See the growth leaderboard.

Inphi

491
Omachron Intellec…

491
Tyco (Shanghai)

489
Wistron Neweb

489
University-indust…

488
Biomet Manufactur… ◀

488
Abbott Laboratori…

485
Bridgestone Ameri…

485
Johnson & Johnson…

485

What this shows Biomet holds 488 patents at rank #915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Biomet

By rank, the assignees closest to #915 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Biomet, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Biomet ranks #63 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Tosoh Corporation 59 Safran Ceramics 59 NCH Corporation 59 Element Six (UK) Limited 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. 16.7 avg Texas Instruments Incorporated 16.7 avg The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma 16.7 avg CreateMe Technologies Inc. 16.7 avg

Biomet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Biomet Manufacturing, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	54	11.1%
2016	97	19.9%
2017	85	17.4%
2018	45	9.2%
2019	62	12.7%
2020	44	9.0%
2021	34	7.0%
2022	22	4.5%
2023	21	4.3%
2024	12	2.5%
2025partial year	12	2.5%

Which technologies does Biomet Manufacturing, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 336

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 285

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 25

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 21

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 16

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 15

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 8

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

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

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

Top 15 of 50 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 68.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #915 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biomet Manufacturing, LLC against Inphi Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.0/100 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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