Where does Convatec Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Convatec Limited ranks #6,424 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 Convatec Limited hold?

Convatec Limited holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Convatec Limited's Innovation Score?

Convatec Limited has an Innovation Score of 59.3 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Convatec Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Convatec Limited's recent grant velocity is +1167% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Convatec Limited's patents?

Convatec Limited's patents average 16.9 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 Convatec Limited 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

Convatec Limited

Q: What technology areas does Convatec Limited focus on?

Convatec Limited's top technology area is 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) with 26 patents, ranking #276 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Convatec ranks #6,424 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,424
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: +1167%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6424 · Foreign Corporation #6,424 · 52 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,424/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bettcher Industries
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1167% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bettcher Industries, Inc. (±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 Convatec’s 59.3 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 13.7 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 15.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Convatec · this assignee

59
Covestro · near

59
Hanwha · near

59
Koki Holdings · near

59
Sciosense B V · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Convatec's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (top 4% 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 Convatec?

Each dot is one of Convatec’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). Convatec’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Convatec's grants concentrate

Convatec Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (24 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Convatec sits between Bettcher Industries, Inc. and DUO Security, Inc..

Convatec's three-year grant acceleration

Convatec Limited shows 35 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Bettcher Industri…

52
Biocon

52
Cameron Solutions

52
Chyng Hong

52
Cosmo OIL

52
CPA Pool Products

52
Certainteed Gypsum

52
DUO Security

52
Convatec ◀

52

What this shows Convatec holds 52 patents at rank #6,423, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Convatec

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,423 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Convatec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Convatec ranks #276 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Sciosense B.V. 59 Hanwha Corporation 59 Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. 59 Covestro LLC 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Kongsberg Automotive AB 16.9 avg Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. 16.9 avg Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 16.9 avg PDF Solutions, Inc. 16.9 avg

Convatec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Convatec Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	1.9%
2019	2	3.8%
2020	1	1.9%
2021	2	3.8%
2022	3	5.8%
2023	8	15.4%
2024	24	46.2%
2025partial year	11	21.2%

Which technologies does Convatec Limited patent most?

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 26

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 26

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 9

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Convatec Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Convatec Limited's lead technology class is 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), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #6,424 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Convatec Limited against Bettcher Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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