Where does Dentsply IH AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dentsply IH AB ranks #5,931 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Dentsply IH AB hold?

Dentsply IH AB holds 57 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Dentsply IH AB's Innovation Score?

Dentsply IH AB has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dentsply IH AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dentsply IH AB's recent grant velocity is +111% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Dentsply IH AB's patents?

Dentsply IH AB's patents average 11.3 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 Dentsply IH AB 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

Dentsply IH AB

Q: What technology areas does Dentsply IH AB focus on?

Dentsply IH AB'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 31 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 57 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Dentsply ranks #5,931 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 57 patents across 18 technology areas.

#5,931
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +111%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5931 · Foreign Corporation #5,931 · 57 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 57 grants
UPPER-Q #5,931/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH DAIKIN EUROPE
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +111% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daikin Europe N.v. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dentsply IH AB · this assignee

39
Fundación Para La In… · near

39
KWS SAAT SE · near

39
Medical Research Cou… · near

39
Movea · near

39
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Dentsply IH AB stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #5,931 of 50,000; Innovation Score 39.0/100 sits in the top 39% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Daikin Europe N.v. (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

Dentsply IH AB has been granted 57 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Dentsply IH AB at #5,931 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a Foreign Corporation, Dentsply IH AB is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Dentsply sits between Daikin Europe N.v. (57 patents, rank #5,929) and Eyelock Llc (57 patents, rank #5,937) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 39.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 38 grants, compared with 18 in the 2015–2019 window, a +111% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Dentsply IH AB's 11.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Daikin Europe

57
Deliflor Royaltie…

57
Dinkle Electric M…

57
Doosan

57
EDAN Instruments

57
ETEL

57
Efficient Power C…

57
Eyelock

57
Dentsply IH AB ◀

57

What this shows Dentsply holds 57 patents at rank #5,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dentsply

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media INTO)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dentsply, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Movea 39 Medical Research Council 39 KWS SAAT SE 39 Fundación Para La Investigación Biomédica Del Hospital Gregorio Marañó 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Exergyn, Ltd. 11.3 avg Inergy Automotive Systems Research (societe Anonyme) 11.3 avg Nisca Corporation 11.3 avg Nippon Soken, Inc. 11.3 avg

Dentsply's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Dentsply IH AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.8%
2018	9	15.8%
2019	8	14.0%
2020	12	21.1%
2021	11	19.3%
2022	7	12.3%
2023	5	8.8%
2024	3	5.3%
2025partial year	1	1.8%

Which technologies does Dentsply IH AB 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 31

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 8

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 5

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 4

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 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 2

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2

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 2

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 2

C09D - COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES OR LACQUERS; FILLING PASTES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR 2

C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C 2

C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THE SURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL 2

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

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,931

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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