Where does Biomet UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biomet UK Limited ranks #15,151 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 UK Limited hold?

Biomet UK Limited holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Biomet UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Biomet UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Biomet UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Biomet UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -81% 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 UK Limited's patents?

Biomet UK Limited's patents average 16.0 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 UK Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Biomet UK Limited

Q: What technology areas does Biomet UK Limited focus on?

Biomet UK Limited's top technology area is 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) with 16 patents, ranking #398 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Biomet ranks #15,151 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 3 technology areas.

#15,151
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15151 · Foreign Corporation #15,151 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,151/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BetterUp
CPC-NARROW A61F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BetterUp, 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 Biomet’s 26.1 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 10.3 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biomet UK · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biomet's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.9 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.

Where Biomet's grants concentrate

Biomet UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under 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 Device). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Biomet sits between BetterUp, Inc. and Blockchain ASICs Inc..

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19
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19
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19
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19
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19
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19
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19
Biomet UK ◀

19

What this shows Biomet holds 19 patents at rank #15,157, 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 #15,157 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Biomet's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	21.1%
2016	5	26.3%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	2	10.5%
2021	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Biomet UK Limited patent most?

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 16

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

Top 3 of 3 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

Biomet UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Biomet UK Limited's lead technology class is 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 Device), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #15,151 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biomet UK Limited against BetterUp, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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