Where does DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. ranks #174 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 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. hold?

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. holds 2,257 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 127 technology areas.

What is DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. focus on?

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 1,796 patents, ranking #7 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 127 CPC subclasses total.

Is DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -24% 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 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s patents?

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 DePuy Synthes Products, 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

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,257 granted patents across 127 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Depuy ranks #174 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,257 patents across 127 technology areas.

#174
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.0/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R174 · US Corporation #174 · 2,257 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #174/49,997
NEAR-PEER LG Energy Solution
CPC-WIDE A61B · 127 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LG Energy Solution, Ltd. (±13 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 Depuy’s 67.0 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 26.7 pts (40%) Velocity 5.1 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GN Hearing A/S · near

67
Nichia · near

67
ABB Schweiz · near

67
DePuy Synthes Products · this assignee

67
Nutrition &… · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Depuy's Innovation Score is 67.0/100 (top 1% 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 Depuy?

Each dot is one of Depuy’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). Depuy’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Depuy's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. received 937 grants versus 1,232 in 2015–2019 (-24% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 272 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 166. Lead class A61B accounts for 79.6% of the portfolio across 127 subclasses. Volume neighbours: NTT Docomo, Inc. (#170) and Visa International Service Association (#178).

Depuy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. moved from 660 to 507 grants (0.77x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,941. See the growth leaderboard.

NTT Docomo

2,283
Hyundai Mobis

2,279
The Board of Trus…

2,275
LG Energy Solution

2,270
Depuy Synthes Pro… ◀

2,257
Becton Dickinson…

2,235
Sumitomo Rubber I…

2,232
Daikin Industries

2,229
Visa Internationa…

2,222

What this shows DePuy holds 2,257 patents at rank #174, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DePuy

By rank, the assignees closest to #174 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DePuy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), DePuy ranks #7 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

ABB Schweiz AG 67 Nichia Corporation 67 GN Hearing A/S 67 Nutrition & Biosciences USA 4, Inc. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. 17.1 avg Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH 17.1 avg Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. 17.1 avg Nordson Corporation 17.1 avg

Depuy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	272	12.1%
2016	249	11.0%
2017	267	11.8%
2018	214	9.5%
2019	230	10.2%
2020	227	10.1%
2021	203	9.0%
2022	175	7.8%
2023	166	7.4%
2024	166	7.4%
2025partial year	88	3.9%

Which technologies does DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1,796

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 851

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 161

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 135

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 90

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 79

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 68

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 67

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 46

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 41

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 34

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 31

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 31

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 29

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 25

Top 15 of 127 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

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 79.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #174 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. against NTT Docomo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.0/100 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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