Where does Definiens GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Definiens GmbH ranks #12,894 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 Definiens GmbH hold?

Definiens GmbH holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Definiens GmbH's Innovation Score?

Definiens GmbH has an Innovation Score of 33.1 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Definiens GmbH focus on?

Definiens GmbH's top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 20 patents, ranking #701 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Definiens GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Definiens GmbH's recent grant velocity is -79% 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 Definiens GmbH's patents?

Definiens GmbH's patents average 19.2 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 Definiens 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

Definiens GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Definiens ranks #12,894 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 9 technology areas.

#12,894
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.1/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -79%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12894 · Foreign Corporation #12,894 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,894/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dango Products
CPC-NARROW G06T · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -79% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dango Products, 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 Definiens’s 33.1 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 11.0 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Definiens · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Definiens's Innovation Score is 33.1/100 (43rd percentile 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 Definiens?

Each dot is one of Definiens’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). Definiens’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Definiens's grants concentrate

Definiens GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 87% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Definiens sits between Durham University and Dstillery, Inc..

Durham University

23
Dynascan Technolo…

23
Dango Products

23
Dedrone Holdings

23
Dispensing B V

23
Dooli Products

23
Draper

23
Dstillery

23
Definiens ◀

23

What this shows Definiens holds 23 patents at rank #12,897, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Definiens

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,897 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Definiens's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Definiens GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	26.1%
2016	2	8.7%
2017	5	21.7%
2018	1	4.3%
2019	5	21.7%
2020	4	17.4%

Which technologies does Definiens GmbH patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 20

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Definiens GmbH's lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 87% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #12,894 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Definiens GmbH against Durham University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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

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