Where does Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited ranks #420 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 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited hold?

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited holds 1,077 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 67 technology areas.

What is Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's Innovation Score?

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited has an Innovation Score of 66.4 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%).

Is Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's recent grant velocity is +132% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's patents?

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's patents average 15.6 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 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 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

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Q: What technology areas does Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited focus on?

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited'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 773 patents, ranking #5 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 67 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,077 granted patents across 67 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, Fisher ranks #420 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,077 patents across 67 technology areas.

#420
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.4/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +132%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R420 · Foreign Corporation #420 · 1,077 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #420/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Screen Holdings
CPC-WIDE A61M · 67 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +132% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Screen Holdings 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 Fisher’s 66.4 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 24.1 pts (36%) Velocity 7.9 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ATI ULC · near

66
Ecole Nationale… · near

66
Fisher & Paykel… · this assignee

66
Guangdong University… · near

66
W L Gore & Associates · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fisher's Innovation Score is 66.4/100 (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 Fisher?

Each dot is one of Fisher’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). Fisher’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Fisher's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited received 655 grants versus 282 in 2015–2019 (+132% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 163 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 28. Lead class A61M accounts for 71.8% of the portfolio across 67 subclasses. Volume neighbours: University of South Florida (#416) and Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (#424).

Fisher's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited moved from 348 to 411 grants (1.18x 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 #814. See the growth leaderboard.

University of Sou…

1,086
CA

1,081
Regents of the Un…

1,081
Rohde & Schwarz &…

1,078
Screen Holdings

1,077
Fisher & Paykel H… ◀

1,077
Hitachi High-tech

1,071
Novatek Microelec…

1,071
Hitachi High-

1,068

What this shows Fisher holds 1,077 patents at rank #420, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fisher

By rank, the assignees closest to #420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fisher, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Fisher ranks #5 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier 66 W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH 66 ATI Technologies ULC 66 Guangdong University OF Technology 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Evonik Degussa GMBH 15.6 avg U.S. Department of Energy 15.6 avg Cryovac, LLC 15.6 avg Colopl, Inc. 15.6 avg

Fisher's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 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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Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	2.6%
2016	33	3.1%
2017	38	3.5%
2018	79	7.3%
2019	104	9.7%
2020	125	11.6%
2021	119	11.0%
2022	121	11.2%
2023	127	11.8%
2024	163	15.1%
2025partial year	140	13.0%

Which technologies does Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 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 773

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 99

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 38

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 34

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 33

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 32

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 31

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 24

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 23

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 23

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 20

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 15

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 14

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

Top 15 of 67 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

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited'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), 71.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #420 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited against University of South Florida, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.4/100 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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