Where does Dentsply Implants NV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dentsply Implants NV ranks #34,992 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 Dentsply Implants NV hold?

Dentsply Implants NV holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Dentsply Implants NV's Innovation Score?

Dentsply Implants NV has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th 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 Dentsply Implants NV focus on?

Dentsply Implants NV's top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 5 patents, ranking #2,157 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dentsply Implants NV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dentsply Implants NV's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Dentsply Implants NV's patents?

Dentsply Implants NV's patents average 22.0 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 Implants NV 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 Implants NV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 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, Dentsply ranks #34,992 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#34,992
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34992 · Foreign Corporation #34,992 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,992/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dengensha TOA
CPC-NARROW G06T · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dengensha TOA Co., Ltd. (±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 Dentsply’s 30.4 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 13.2 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dentsply Implants · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dentsply's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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 Dentsply?

Each dot is one of Dentsply’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). Dentsply’s own 22.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dentsply's grants concentrate

Dentsply Implants NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Dentsply sits between Dengensha TOA Co., Ltd. and DHG, Inc..

Dengensha TOA

7
Denki Kogyo

7
Dental Components

7
Dentca

7
DER Sheng

7
Designer Brass

7
Designing Solutio…

7
DHG

7
Dentsply Implants ◀

7

What this shows Dentsply holds 7 patents at rank #34,952, 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 #34,952 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Dentsply's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% 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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Dentsply Implants NV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2017	3	42.9%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Dentsply Implants NV patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Dentsply Implants NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dentsply Implants NV's lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #34,992 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dentsply Implants NV against Dengensha TOA Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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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