Where does Biotronik VI Patent AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Biotronik VI Patent AG ranks #15,153 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 Biotronik VI Patent AG hold?

Biotronik VI Patent AG holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Biotronik VI Patent AG's Innovation Score?

Biotronik VI Patent AG has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Biotronik VI Patent AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Biotronik VI Patent AG's recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Biotronik VI Patent AG's patents?

Biotronik VI Patent AG's patents average 17.4 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 Biotronik VI Patent AG 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

Biotronik VI Patent AG

Q: What technology areas does Biotronik VI Patent AG focus on?

Biotronik VI Patent AG's top technology area is 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) with 15 patents, ranking #187 of 2,589 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Biotronik ranks #15,153 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 9 technology areas.

#15,153
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15153 · Foreign Corporation #15,153 · 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 #15,153/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Barenthal North…
CPC-NARROW A61L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Barenthal North America, 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 Biotronik’s 31.4 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 (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biotronik VI Patent · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Biotronik's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Biotronik?

Each dot is one of Biotronik’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). Biotronik’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Biotronik's grants concentrate

Biotronik VI Patent AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 78.9% of grants classified under 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;). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Biotronik sits between Barenthal North America, Inc. and Bwxt Nuclear Operations Group, Inc..

Barenthal North A…

19
Beamr Imaging

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Bellevue Investme…

19
Bionlifescience

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Bluerisc

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Bobst Lyon

19
Boge Elastmetall

19
Bwxt Nuclear Oper…

19
Biotronik VI Pate… ◀

19

What this shows Biotronik holds 19 patents at rank #15,139, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Biotronik

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,139 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61L (Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects…)

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

Biotronik's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Biotronik VI Patent AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	42.1%
2016	6	31.6%
2017	4	21.1%
2020	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Biotronik VI Patent AG patent most?

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

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 7

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

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 2

C22C - Alloys 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 1

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Biotronik VI Patent AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Biotronik VI Patent AG's lead technology class is 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;), 78.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61L
Ranked #15,153 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Biotronik VI Patent AG against Barenthal North America, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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