Where does Bracco Imaging S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bracco Imaging S.P.A. ranks #4,506 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 Bracco Imaging S.P.A. hold?

Bracco Imaging S.P.A. holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Bracco Imaging S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bracco Imaging S.P.A. focus on?

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 47 patents, ranking #474 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s patents?

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s patents average 16.1 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 Bracco Imaging S.P.A. 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

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 26 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bracco ranks #4,506 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 26 technology areas.

#4,506
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4506 · Foreign Corporation #4,506 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,506/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alclear
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alclear, LLC (±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 Bracco’s 45.1 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 15.1 pts (33%) Velocity 2.3 pts (5%) Breadth 18.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Academisch Ziekenhui… · near

45
Bracco Imaging S P A · this assignee

45
La-Z-Boy Incorporated · near

45
Omrix Biopharmaceuti… · near

45
Withings · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Bracco's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Bracco?

Each dot is one of Bracco’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). Bracco’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bracco's grants concentrate

Bracco Imaging S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 60.3% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Bracco sits between Zhejiang University OF Technology and EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems GMBH.

Bracco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bracco Imaging S.P.A. moved from 29 to 10 grants (0.34x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Zhejiang Universi…

79
Alclear

78
Aselsan Elektroni…

78
Aspen Aerogels

78
Basso Industry

78
Bender & KG

78
Curt G Joa

78
EberspÄCHER Clima…

78
Bracco Imaging S… ◀

78

What this shows Bracco holds 78 patents at rank #4,504, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bracco

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,504 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bracco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Bracco ranks #474 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. 45 Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden (H.O.D.N. LUMC) GMBH 45 La-Z-Boy Incorporated 45 Withings 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.1 here).

GLO AB 16.1 avg Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. 16.1 avg Faurecia Systemes D'echappement 16.1 avg Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC 16.1 avg

Bracco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% 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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Bracco Imaging S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	10.3%
2016	12	15.4%
2017	4	5.1%
2018	7	9.0%
2019	11	14.1%
2020	12	15.4%
2021	6	7.7%
2022	2	2.6%
2023	4	5.1%
2024	4	5.1%
2025partial year	8	10.3%

Which technologies does Bracco Imaging S.P.A. patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 47

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 27

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 24

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 15

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 9

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 9

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 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

C07K - Peptides 5

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 4

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

Top 15 of 26 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

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bracco Imaging S.P.A.'s lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 60.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,506 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bracco Imaging S.P.A. against Zhejiang University OF Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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