Where does Dräger Medical GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dräger Medical GmbH ranks #17,618 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 Dräger Medical GmbH hold?

Dräger Medical GmbH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Dräger Medical GmbH's Innovation Score?

Dräger Medical GmbH has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd 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 Dräger Medical GmbH focus on?

Dräger Medical GmbH's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 8 patents, ranking #2,086 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dräger Medical GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dräger Medical GmbH'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 Dräger Medical GmbH's patents?

Dräger Medical GmbH's patents average 14.3 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 Dräger Medical 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

Dräger Medical GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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, Dräger ranks #17,618 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 11 technology areas.

#17,618
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17618 · Foreign Corporation #17,618 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,618/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongwoon Anatech
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongwoon Anatech 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 Dräger’s 30.1 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 9.8 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dräger Medical · this assignee

30
Faringosi Hinges S R L · near

30
Pelliconi & C S P A · near

30
Trigger Global · near

30
Abbyy InfoPoisk · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dräger's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd 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 Dräger?

Each dot is one of Dräger’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). Dräger’s own 14.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dräger's grants concentrate

Dräger Medical GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Dräger sits between Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd. and E.J. Brooks Company.

Dongwoon Anatech

16
Dose Medical

16
Dr Fresh

16
Drew

16
Dugan Patents

16
Dynamic Network S…

16
Dürr Somac

16
E J Brooks

16
Dräger Medical ◀

16

What this shows Dräger holds 16 patents at rank #17,619, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dräger

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,619 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Dräger, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Dräger ranks #2,086 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Trigger Global Inc. 30 Faringosi Hinges S.R.L. 30 Pelliconi & C. S.P.A. 30 Abbyy InfoPoisk LLC 30

Dräger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Dräger Medical GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	87.5%
2016	2	12.5%

Which technologies does Dräger Medical GmbH patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

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 8

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A41F - Garment FASTENINGS; Suspenders 1

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

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 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Dräger Medical GmbH's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #17,618 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dräger Medical GmbH against Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.