Where does Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik ranks #35,674 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 Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik hold?

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's Innovation Score?

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik'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 Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's patents?

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's patents average 15.3 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 Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik 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

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik

Q: What technology areas does Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik focus on?

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's top technology area is 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) with 7 patents, ranking #891 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heinz ranks #35,674 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#35,674
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35674 · Foreign Corporation #35,674 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,674/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hedman Ericsson…
CPC-NARROW A61F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hedman Ericsson Patent AB (±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 Heinz’s 23.4 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 7.2 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (39%)

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What this shows Heinz's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th 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 Heinz?

Each dot is one of Heinz’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). Heinz’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heinz's grants concentrate

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 Device). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Heinz sits between Hedman Ericsson Patent AB and Heraeus Sensor Technology GmbH.

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What this shows Heinz holds 7 patents at rank #35,724, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heinz

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,724 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Heinz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik patent most?

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 7

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 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 4 of 4 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

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik's lead technology class is 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 Device), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #35,674 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heinz Kurz GmbH Medizintechnik against Hedman Ericsson Patent AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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

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