Where does Hollister Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hollister Incorporated ranks #1,517 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 Hollister Incorporated hold?

Hollister Incorporated holds 274 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Hollister Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Hollister Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hollister Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hollister Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +67% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hollister Incorporated's patents?

Hollister Incorporated's patents average 12.8 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 Hollister Incorporated 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

Hollister Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Hollister Incorporated focus on?

Hollister Incorporated'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 107 patents, ranking #72 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 274 granted patents across 35 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, Hollister ranks #1,517 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 274 patents across 35 technology areas.

#1,517
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1517 · US Corporation #1,517 · 274 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 274 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,517/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acronis International
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acronis International 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.

How Hollister’s 56.4 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 19.4 pts (34%) Velocity 8.4 pts (15%) Breadth 20.9 pts (37%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alnylam Pharmaceutic… · near

56
Hollister Incorporated · this assignee

56
Micro Focus · near

56
Miltenyi Biotec B V… · near

56
Rovi Product · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hollister's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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 Hollister?

Each dot is one of Hollister’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). Hollister’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hollister's grants concentrate

Hollister Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 39.1% 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 2022 (35 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2015. By volume, Hollister sits between Wolverine Outdoors, Inc. and Corephotonics Ltd..

Hollister's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hollister Incorporated moved from 80 to 101 grants (1.26x 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 #693. See the growth leaderboard.

Wolverine Outdoors

275
Acronis Internati…

274
Cambria

274
Hexagon Technolog…

274
National Instrume…

274
Saint-gobain Perf…

274
Thermo King

274
Hollister Incorpo… ◀

274
Corephotonics

273

What this shows Hollister holds 274 patents at rank #1,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hollister

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,517 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hollister, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Hollister ranks #72 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 56 Micro Focus LLC 56 Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG 56 Rovi Product Corporation 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha 12.8 avg Knorr-bremse Systeme FÜR Schienenfahrzeuge GMBH 12.8 avg Eisenmann SE 12.8 avg Iconex LLC 12.8 avg

Hollister'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 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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Hollister Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	3.6%
2016	14	5.1%
2017	13	4.7%
2018	22	8.0%
2019	31	11.3%
2020	20	7.3%
2021	29	10.6%
2022	35	12.8%
2023	35	12.8%
2024	31	11.3%
2025partial year	34	12.4%

Which technologies does Hollister Incorporated 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 107

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 97

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 57

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 23

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 12

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 10

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 10

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 10

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 10

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 5

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 5

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 5

Top 15 of 35 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

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Hollister Incorporated'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), 39.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,517 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hollister Incorporated against Wolverine Outdoors, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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

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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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