Where does Fenwal, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fenwal, Inc. ranks #1,171 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 Fenwal, Inc. hold?

Fenwal, Inc. holds 363 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Fenwal, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fenwal, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fenwal, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fenwal, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Fenwal, Inc.'s patents?

Fenwal, Inc.'s patents average 15.8 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 Fenwal, 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

Fenwal, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Fenwal, Inc. focus on?

Fenwal, Inc.'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 282 patents. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 363 granted patents across 60 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: 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, Fenwal ranks #1,171 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 363 patents across 60 technology areas.

#1,171
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.6/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1171 · US Corporation #1,171 · 363 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 363 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,171/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ability Opto-…
CPC-WIDE A61M · 60 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ability Opto-electronics Technology 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Thyssenkrupp Presta… · near

62
Bio-Rad Laboratories · near

62
Canon Virginia · near

62
Fenwal · this assignee

62
Taiyo Yuden · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fenwal's Innovation Score is 61.6/100 (top 3% 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.

How Fenwal's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Fenwal, Inc. received 176 grants versus 159 in 2015–2019 (+11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 44 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 24. Lead class A61M accounts for 77.7% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Purdue Pharma L.P. (#1,167) and Coupang Corp. (#1,175).

Fenwal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fenwal, Inc. moved from 109 to 111 grants (1.02x 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 #1,136. See the growth leaderboard.

Purdue Pharma

365
Excalibur IP

364
Karl Storz SE & KG

364
Ability Opto- Tec…

363
Nippon Electric G…

363
Sigmasense

363
Stryker European…

363
Fenwal ◀

363
Coupang

362

What this shows Fenwal holds 363 patents at rank #1,171, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fenwal

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,171 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. 62 Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. 62 Canon Virginia, Inc. 62 Thyssenkrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

City of Hope 15.8 avg RTX Corporation 15.8 avg Wistron Corporation 15.8 avg Universal Lighting Technologies Inc. 15.8 avg

Fenwal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Fenwal, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	6.6%
2016	27	7.4%
2017	33	9.1%
2018	31	8.5%
2019	44	12.1%
2020	30	8.3%
2021	35	9.6%
2022	37	10.2%
2023	33	9.1%
2024	41	11.3%
2025partial year	28	7.7%

Which technologies does Fenwal, Inc. 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 282

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 75

B01D - Separation 67

B04B - Centrifuges 56

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 38

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 37

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 33

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 30

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 26

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 21

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 14

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 13

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

Top 15 of 60 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,171

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Fenwal, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fenwal, Inc.'s lead technology class 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), 77.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,171 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fenwal, Inc. against Purdue Pharma L.P., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.6/100 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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