Where does BSN Medical GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BSN Medical GMBH ranks #6,420 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 BSN Medical GMBH hold?

BSN Medical GMBH holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is BSN Medical GMBH's Innovation Score?

BSN Medical GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is BSN Medical GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BSN Medical GMBH's recent grant velocity is -45% 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 BSN Medical GMBH's patents?

BSN Medical GMBH's patents average 15.2 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 BSN Medical GMBH 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

BSN Medical GMBH

Q: What technology areas does BSN Medical GMBH focus on?

BSN Medical GMBH'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 38 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 23 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: 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, BSN ranks #6,420 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 23 technology areas.

#6,420
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6420 · Foreign Corporation #6,420 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,420/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arcsoft
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arcsoft Corporation 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BSN Medical · this assignee

41
Nexter Systems · near

41
Otos Wing · near

41
Urschel Laboratories · near

41
Headwater Partners II · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BSN's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 BSN's grants concentrate

BSN Medical GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 73.1% 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 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, BSN sits between Arcsoft Corporation Limited and Chyng Hong Electronic Co., Ltd..

BSN's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BSN Medical GMBH moved from 21 to 5 grants (0.24x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Arcsoft

52
Autolus

52
Barnett Outdoors

52
Behr-hella Thermo…

52
Bettcher Industri…

52
Biocon

52
Cameron Solutions

52
Chyng Hong

52
BSN Medical ◀

52

What this shows BSN holds 52 patents at rank #6,418, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BSN

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,418 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BSN, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Urschel Laboratories, Inc. 41 Otos Wing Co., Ltd. 41 Nexter Systems 41 Headwater Partners II LLC 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg Perkins Engines Company Limited 15.2 avg Basf Coatings GMBH 15.2 avg Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

BSN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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BSN Medical GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.9%
2016	8	15.4%
2017	8	15.4%
2018	8	15.4%
2019	8	15.4%
2020	6	11.5%
2021	7	13.5%
2022	3	5.8%
2023	1	1.9%
2024	1	1.9%
2025partial year	1	1.9%

Which technologies does BSN Medical GMBH 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 38

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 9

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 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 8

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 6

D04B - Knitting 6

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 4

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A44B - Buttons, Pins, Buckles, Slide Fasteners, OR THE Like 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 1

D06C - Finishing, Dressing, Tentering OR Stretching Textile Fabrics 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,420

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.4 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

BSN Medical GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BSN Medical GMBH'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), 73.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #6,420 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BSN Medical GMBH against Arcsoft Corporation Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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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