Where does Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC ranks #2,029 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 Sports Medicine, LLC hold?

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC holds 196 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC's Innovation Score?

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 29% 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 Sports Medicine, LLC focus on?

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 194 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC's recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Sports Medicine, LLC's patents?

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC's patents average 19.9 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 Sports Medicine, 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 Sports Medicine, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 196 granted patents across 7 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 #2,029 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 196 patents across 7 technology areas.

#2,029
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2029 · US Corporation #2,029 · 196 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 196 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,029/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nektar Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nektar Therapeutics (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acciona Windpower · near

43
Biomet Sports Medicine · this assignee

43
Black Hills IP… · near

43
GS Caltex · near

43
Hangzhou Zero Zero… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biomet's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 29% 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.

Where Biomet's grants concentrate

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 99% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (31 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Biomet sits between PsiQuantum Corp. and True Velocity IP Holdings, Inc..

Biomet's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC moved from 57 to 29 grants (0.51x 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 #2,673. See the growth leaderboard.

Psiquantum

197
Sorin CRM SAS

197
Securus

197
Timotion Technolo…

197
Nektar Therapeuti…

196
Olympus Winter &…

196
Specialized Bicyc…

196
True Velocity IP…

196
Biomet Sports Med… ◀

196

What this shows Biomet holds 196 patents at rank #2,029, 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 #2,029 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC 43 Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd. 43 Acciona Windpower, S.A. 43 GS Caltex Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.9 here).

Hulu, LLC 19.9 avg Heartflow, Inc. 19.9 avg The Chinese University of Hong Kong 19.9 avg Nokia 19.9 avg

Biomet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 Sports Medicine, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	10.7%
2016	31	15.8%
2017	27	13.8%
2018	21	10.7%
2019	18	9.2%
2020	24	12.2%
2021	15	7.7%
2022	13	6.6%
2023	10	5.1%
2024	6	3.1%
2025partial year	10	5.1%

Which technologies does Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 194

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 96

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 8

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 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,029

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

42.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 99% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,029 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC against PsiQuantum Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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

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