Where does DeguDent GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DeguDent GmbH ranks #15,949 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 DeguDent GmbH hold?

DeguDent GmbH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is DeguDent GmbH's Innovation Score?

DeguDent GmbH has an Innovation Score of 33.6 out of 100 (45th 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 DeguDent GmbH focus on?

DeguDent GmbH's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 15 patents, ranking #61 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

DeguDent GmbH's recent grant velocity is -94% 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 DeguDent GmbH's patents?

DeguDent GmbH'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 DeguDent 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

DeguDent GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Degudent ranks #15,949 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,949
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.6/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15949 · Foreign Corporation #15,949 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,949/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daxin materials
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daxin materials corporation (±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 Degudent’s 33.6 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 10.2 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DeguDent · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Degudent's Innovation Score is 33.6/100 (45th 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 Degudent?

Each dot is one of Degudent’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). Degudent’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Degudent's grants concentrate

DeguDent GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Degudent sits between Dowa Thermotech Co., Ltd. and Diageo North America, Inc..

Dowa Thermotech

18
DT Inventions

18
Daxin materials

18
Degen Medical

18
Delta-q

18
Designer Ties

18
Deuterx

18
Diageo North Amer…

18
Degudent ◀

18

What this shows DeguDent holds 18 patents at rank #15,956, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DeguDent

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,956 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Degudent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% 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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DeguDent GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	38.9%
2016	4	22.2%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	1	5.6%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	1	5.6%

Which technologies does DeguDent GmbH patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 15

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 9

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 9

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

C22C - Alloys 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

DeguDent GmbH's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #15,949 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DeguDent GmbH against Dowa Thermotech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.6/100 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

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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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