Where does Dentsply International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dentsply International Inc. ranks #4,036 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 International Inc. hold?

Dentsply International Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Dentsply International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dentsply International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% 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 International Inc. focus on?

Dentsply International Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 40 patents, ranking #23 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dentsply International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dentsply International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 International Inc.'s patents?

Dentsply International Inc.'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 International 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

Dentsply International Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 49 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Dentsply ranks #4,036 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 49 technology areas.

#4,036
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4036 · US Corporation #4,036 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,036/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Collins Engine Nozzles
CPC-WIDE A61C · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Collins Engine Nozzles, 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 Dentsply’s 47.1 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 15.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 24.7 pts (53%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bnnt · near

47
Dentsply International · this assignee

47
Omron Automotive · near

47
Sunshine Lake Pharma · near

47
UV Partners · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dentsply's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Dentsply's grants concentrate

Dentsply International Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 44.9% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2018. By volume, Dentsply sits between Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc. and First Orion Corp..

Collins Engine No…

89
Columbia Sportswe…

89
Duelight

89
Deroyal Industries

89
Diodes Incorporat…

89
Eizo

89
Faurecia Systemes…

89
First Orion

89
Dentsply Internat… ◀

89

What this shows Dentsply holds 89 patents at rank #4,038, 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 #4,038 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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). In A61C (Dentistry), Dentsply ranks #23 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd. 47 Omron Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. 47 Bnnt, LLC 47 UV Partners, Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

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

Arteris, Inc. 11.3 avg Taipei Medical University 11.3 avg Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd. 11.3 avg Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation Gyeongsang National University 11.3 avg

Dentsply's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	33.7%
2016	28	31.5%
2017	25	28.1%
2018	6	6.7%

Which technologies does Dentsply International Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 40

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 26

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

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 4

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 3

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 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

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

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 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

Top 15 of 49 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 International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dentsply International Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 44.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #4,036 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dentsply International Inc. against Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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