Overall rank by patents
#12,964
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Heraeus ranks #12,964 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 28 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R12964 · US Corporation #12,964 · 23 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Haimer Gmbh (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Heraeus Medical Comp… · this assignee
56 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Heraeus Medical Components Llc stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #12,964 of 50,000; Innovation Score 55.9/100 sits in the top 6% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Haimer Gmbh (±0 grants).
Heraeus Medical Components Llc has been granted 23 US utility patents between 2018 and 2025, placing Heraeus Medical Components Llc at #12,964 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 28 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY). As a US Corporation, Heraeus Medical Components Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Heraeus sits between HYPR Corp. (23 patents, rank #12,964) and Hop Breeding Company, L.l.c. (23 patents, rank #12,972) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 55.9/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 21 grants, compared with 1 in the 2015–2019 window, a +2000% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Heraeus Medical Components Llc's 15.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 28 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
HYPR Corp.
23 patents
Haimer GmbH
23 patents
Haoxiang Electric Energy (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
23 patents
Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.
23 patents
Hipmunk, Inc.
23 patents
Hitachi Data Systems Engineering UK Limited
23 patents
Hong Kong Ecoaqua Co., Limited
23 patents
Hop Breeding Company, L.L.C.
23 patents
Heraeus Medical Components LLC
23 patents
What this shows Heraeus holds 23 patents at rank #12,968, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #12,968 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Heraeus's primary technology class.
Heraeus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | 17.4% |
| 2021 | 2 | 8.7% |
| 2022 | 5 | 21.7% |
| 2023 | 7 | 30.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 13.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 4.3% |
Top 15 of 28 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#12,964
of 50,000 tracked assignees
55.9 out of 100
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