Where does Cilag GmbH International rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cilag GmbH International ranks #179 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 Cilag GmbH International hold?

Cilag GmbH International holds 2,210 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 125 technology areas.

What is Cilag GmbH International's Innovation Score?

Cilag GmbH International has an Innovation Score of 82.2 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cilag GmbH International focus on?

Cilag GmbH International's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 2,063 patents, ranking #5 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 125 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cilag GmbH International's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cilag GmbH International's recent grant velocity is +4723% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cilag GmbH International's patents?

Cilag GmbH International's patents average 17.6 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 Cilag GmbH International 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

Cilag GmbH International

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,210 granted patents across 125 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, Cilag ranks #179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,210 patents across 125 technology areas.

#179
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (82.2/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +4723%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R179 · Foreign Corporation #179 · 2,210 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-ELITE · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #179/49,997
NEAR-PEER Visa International…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 125 areas
INNOV-ELITE 82.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +4723% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Visa International Service Association (±12 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 Cilag’s 82.2 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 26.6 pts (32%) Velocity 20.0 pts (24%) Breadth 25.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Snap · near

82
Cilag International · this assignee

82
Kioxia · near

82
Taiwan Semiconductor… · near

82
KIA · near

81
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cilag's Innovation Score is 82.2/100 (top 1% 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 Cilag?

Each dot is one of Cilag’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). Cilag’s own 17.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Cilag's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Cilag GmbH International received 1,881 grants versus 39 in 2015–2019 (+4723% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 557 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 2. Lead class A61B accounts for 93.3% of the portfolio across 125 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Becton, Dickinson and Company (#175) and Nokia Solutions AND Networks OY (#183).

Cilag's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Cilag GmbH International moved from 310 to 1,571 grants (5.07x 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 #27. See the growth leaderboard.

Becton Dickinson…

2,235
Sumitomo Rubber I…

2,232
Daikin Industries

2,229
Visa Internationa…

2,222
Cilag Internation… ◀

2,210
Shin-etsu Chemical

2,184
Jaguar Land Rover

2,182
Rolls-royce

2,152
Nokia Solutions A…

2,149

What this shows Cilag holds 2,210 patents at rank #179, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cilag

By rank, the assignees closest to #179 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cilag, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Cilag ranks #5 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (82 here).

Snap Inc. 82 Kioxia Corporation 82 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 82 KIA Corporation 81

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. 17.6 avg Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. 17.6 avg Tower Partners Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 17.6 avg Engel Austria GMBH 17.6 avg

Cilag's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

82 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Cilag GmbH International patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	0.5%
2016	10	0.5%
2017	15	0.7%
2018	2	0.1%
2020	2	0.1%
2021	308	13.9%
2022	481	21.8%
2023	533	24.1%
2024	557	25.2%
2025partial year	290	13.1%

Which technologies does Cilag GmbH International patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2,063

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 319

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 165

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 161

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 148

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 97

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 93

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 89

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 86

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 82

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 80

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 73

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 72

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 70

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 64

Top 15 of 125 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

Cilag GmbH International's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cilag GmbH International's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #179 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cilag GmbH International against Becton, Dickinson and Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 82.2/100 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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