Where does Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH ranks #31,700 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 Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH hold?

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's Innovation Score?

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH has an Innovation Score of 46.3 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's patents?

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's patents average 20.1 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 Fresenius Kabi Austria 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

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH focus on?

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH'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 6 patents, ranking #1,115 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Fresenius ranks #31,700 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 8 technology areas.

#31,700
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.3/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31700 · Foreign Corporation #31,700 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,700/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fourth Military…
CPC-NARROW A61M · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fourth Military Medical University (±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 Fresenius’s 46.3 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 7.6 pts (16%) Velocity 16.7 pts (36%) Breadth 10.0 pts (22%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fresenius Kabi Austria · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fresenius's Innovation Score is 46.3/100 (top 21% 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 Fresenius?

Each dot is one of Fresenius’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). Fresenius’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Fresenius's grants concentrate

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fresenius sits between Fourth Military Medical University and FTS Welding.

Fresenius's three-year grant acceleration

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Fourth Military M…

8
Fovia

8
Franklin Sports

8
Franz Schneider &…

8
Friesland Brands…

8
Frontiir PTE

8
FS COM

8
FTS Welding

8
Fresenius Kabi Au… ◀

8

What this shows Fresenius holds 8 patents at rank #31,644, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fresenius

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,644 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Fresenius's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	3	37.5%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH 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 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

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 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH'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), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #31,700 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fresenius Kabi Austria GMBH against Fourth Military Medical University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.3/100 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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