Where does BIV Medical, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BIV Medical, Ltd. ranks #45,226 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 BIV Medical, Ltd. hold?

BIV Medical, Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2022 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is BIV Medical, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

BIV Medical, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BIV Medical, Ltd. focus on?

BIV Medical, Ltd.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 5 patents, ranking #3,118 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is BIV Medical, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for BIV Medical, Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for BIV Medical, Ltd.'s patents?

BIV Medical, Ltd.'s patents average 9.0 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 BIV Medical, Ltd. 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

BIV Medical, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2023. 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, BIV ranks #45,226 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#45,226
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45226 · Foreign Corporation #45,226 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,226/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biotron
CPC-NARROW A61B · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2022–2023 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biotron Limited (±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 BIV’s 36.6 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (55%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BIV Medical · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BIV's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 BIV?

Each dot is one of BIV’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). BIV’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 13.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where BIV's grants concentrate

BIV Medical, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, BIV sits between Biotron Limited and BK Ltd..

BIV's three-year grant acceleration

BIV Medical, Ltd. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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BIV Medical ◀

5

What this shows BIV holds 5 patents at rank #45,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BIV

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

BIV's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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BIV Medical, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2022	3	60.0%
2023	2	40.0%

Which technologies does BIV Medical, Ltd. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

Top 2 of 2 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

BIV Medical, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BIV Medical, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #45,226 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BIV Medical, Ltd. against Biotron Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.