Where does C.R. Bard, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C.R. Bard, Inc. ranks #554 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 C.R. Bard, Inc. hold?

C.R. Bard, Inc. holds 808 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 58 technology areas.

What is C.R. Bard, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

C.R. Bard, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.9 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 C.R. Bard, Inc. focus on?

C.R. Bard, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 383 patents, ranking #47 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 58 CPC subclasses total.

Is C.R. Bard, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C.R. Bard, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 C.R. Bard, Inc.'s patents?

C.R. Bard, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 C.R. Bard, Inc. 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 US Corporation

C.R. Bard, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 808 granted patents across 58 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, C.r. ranks #554 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 808 patents across 58 technology areas.

#554
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.9/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R554 · US Corporation #554 · 808 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 808 grants
TOP-DECILE #554/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsubishi Gas…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 58 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, 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 C.r.’s 62.9 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 23.1 pts (37%) Velocity 4.6 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Wangs Alliance · near

63
Boston Scientific… · near

63
C R Bard · this assignee

63
SK ie technology · near

63
Shanghai Langbo… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C.r.'s Innovation Score is 62.9/100 (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 C.r.?

Each dot is one of C.r.’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). C.r.’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How C.r.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, C.R. Bard, Inc. received 353 grants versus 412 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 105 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 54. Lead class A61B accounts for 47.4% of the portfolio across 58 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Saint-gobain Glass France (#550) and King Faisal University (#558).

C.r.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, C.R. Bard, Inc. moved from 270 to 188 grants (0.70x 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 #2,164. See the growth leaderboard.

Saint-gobain Glas…

820
Sony Mobile Commu…

815
Fuji

812
Lsis

812
Mitsubishi Gas Ch…

808
C R Bard ◀

808
Meta Platforms

807
Baker Hughes Oilf…

803
King Faisal Unive…

803

What this shows C.R. holds 808 patents at rank #554, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CR

By rank, the assignees closest to #554 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), CR ranks #47 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited 63 SK ie technology Co., Ltd. 63 Shanghai Langbo Communication Technology Company Limited 63 Wangs Alliance Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

Lumentum Japan, Inc. 16.8 avg The Trustees of Boston College 16.8 avg Northwestern University 16.8 avg Fortinet, Inc. 16.8 avg

C.r.'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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C.R. Bard, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	80	9.9%
2016	73	9.0%
2017	83	10.3%
2018	71	8.8%
2019	105	13.0%
2020	86	10.6%
2021	79	9.8%
2022	54	6.7%
2023	68	8.4%
2024	66	8.2%
2025partial year	43	5.3%

Which technologies does C.R. Bard, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 383

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 376

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 276

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 48

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 39

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 28

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 16

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 12

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 9

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 8

D04C - Braiding OR Manufacture OF Lace, Including Bobbin-net OR Carbonised LACE; Braiding MACHINES; BRAID; Lace 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 8

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 7

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

Top 15 of 58 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

C.R. Bard, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C.R. Bard, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #554 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C.R. Bard, Inc. against Saint-gobain Glass France, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.9/100 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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