Where does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carl Zeiss Meditec AG ranks #650 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec AG hold?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG holds 689 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's Innovation Score?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG focus on?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 416 patents, ranking #42 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

Is Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's recent grant velocity is -9% 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's patents?

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's patents average 15.9 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 Carl Zeiss Meditec 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

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 689 granted patents across 51 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carl ranks #650 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 689 patents across 51 technology areas.

#650
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R650 · Foreign Corporation #650 · 689 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 689 grants
TOP-DECILE #650/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saturn Licensing
CPC-WIDE A61B · 51 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saturn Licensing 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 Carl’s 62.6 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 22.6 pts (36%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carl Zeiss Meditec · this assignee

63
Center FOR Advanced… · near

63
ICU Medical · near

63
Sumitomo Rubber… · near

63
TUSAS—TURK Havacilik… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carl's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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 Carl?

Each dot is one of Carl’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). Carl’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Carl's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG received 300 grants versus 331 in 2015–2019 (-9% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 80 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 49. Lead class A61B accounts for 60.4% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Schneider Electric Industries SAS (#646) and GM Cruise Holdings LLC (#654).

Carl's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG moved from 208 to 172 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,734. See the growth leaderboard.

Schneider Electri…

691
University of Was…

691
Immatics Biotechn…

690
Rivian IP Holdings

690
Saturn Licensing

689
Carl Zeiss Meditec ◀

689
The Research Foun…

688
Evonik Degussa

686
GM Cruise Holdings

685

What this shows Carl holds 689 patents at rank #650, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carl

By rank, the assignees closest to #650 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Carl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Carl ranks #42 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. 63 ICU Medical, Inc. 63 TUSAS—TURK Havacilik VE Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi 63 Center FOR Advanced Meta-materials 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Hubbell Incorporated 15.9 avg Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. 15.9 avg Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC 15.9 avg Qinetiq Limited 15.9 avg

Carl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	64	9.3%
2016	62	9.0%
2017	57	8.3%
2018	68	9.9%
2019	80	11.6%
2020	55	8.0%
2021	73	10.6%
2022	59	8.6%
2023	49	7.1%
2024	64	9.3%
2025partial year	58	8.4%

Which technologies does Carl Zeiss Meditec AG patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 416

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 235

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 168

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 113

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 75

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 36

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 31

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 29

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 28

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 26

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 19

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 19

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 18

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 17

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 12

Top 15 of 51 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

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 60.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #650 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carl Zeiss Meditec AG against Schneider Electric Industries SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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

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