Where does Howmedica Osteonics Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Howmedica Osteonics Corp. ranks #788 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 Howmedica Osteonics Corp. hold?

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. holds 583 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. has an Innovation Score of 66.0 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 Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +51% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s patents?

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s patents average 18.1 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 Howmedica Osteonics Corp. 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

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Q: What technology areas does Howmedica Osteonics Corp. focus on?

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'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 392 patents, ranking #14 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 583 granted patents across 56 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: 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, Howmedica ranks #788 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 583 patents across 56 technology areas.

#788
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.0/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R788 · US Corporation #788 · 583 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 583 grants
TOP-DECILE #788/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Agilent
CPC-WIDE A61F · 56 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (±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 Howmedica’s 66.0 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 22.0 pts (33%) Velocity 8.2 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
OmniVision · near

66
Varian Medical Systems · near

66
The Trustees of the… · near

66
Howmedica Osteonics · this assignee

66
Schaeffler & KG · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Howmedica's Innovation Score is 66.0/100 (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 Howmedica?

Each dot is one of Howmedica’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). Howmedica’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Howmedica's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. received 309 grants versus 205 in 2015–2019 (+51% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 88 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 31. Lead class A61F accounts for 67.2% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: North Carolina State University (#784) and University of Central Florida Research Foundation (#792).

Howmedica's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Howmedica Osteonics Corp. moved from 162 to 199 grants (1.23x 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 #741. See the growth leaderboard.

North Carolina St…

585
Agilent

583
Bayer Cropscience…

583
Children's Medica…

583
Howmedica Osteoni… ◀

583
Analog Devices In…

582
irobot

582
Coloplast A/S

581
University of Cen…

581

What this shows Howmedica holds 583 patents at rank #788, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Howmedica

By rank, the assignees closest to #788 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Howmedica, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Howmedica ranks #14 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 66 Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG 66 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 66 OmniVision Technologies, Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Bardy Diagnostics, Inc. 18.1 avg Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited 18.1 avg Coupa Software Incorporated 18.1 avg Guided Therapy Systems, LLC 18.1 avg

Howmedica'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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Howmedica Osteonics Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	40	6.9%
2016	31	5.3%
2017	46	7.9%
2018	36	6.2%
2019	52	8.9%
2020	51	8.7%
2021	59	10.1%
2022	58	9.9%
2023	53	9.1%
2024	88	15.1%
2025partial year	69	11.8%

Which technologies does Howmedica Osteonics Corp. 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 392

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 368

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 79

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 64

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 60

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 59

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 43

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 38

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 37

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 37

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 36

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 28

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 22

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 21

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 20

Top 15 of 56 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Howmedica Osteonics Corp.'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), 67.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #788 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Howmedica Osteonics Corp. against North Carolina State University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.0/100 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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