Where does K2M, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), K2M, Inc. ranks #1,265 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 K2M, Inc. hold?

K2M, Inc. holds 334 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is K2M, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

K2M, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.7 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does K2M, Inc. focus on?

K2M, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 277 patents, ranking #75 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is K2M, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

K2M, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -4% 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 K2M, Inc.'s patents?

K2M, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 K2M, Inc. 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

K2M, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 334 granted patents across 25 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, K2M ranks #1,265 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 334 patents across 25 technology areas.

#1,265
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (54.7/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1265 · US Corporation #1,265 · 334 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 334 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,265/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unimicron Technology
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unimicron Technology Corp. (±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 K2M’s 54.7 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 20.1 pts (37%) Velocity 6.5 pts (12%) Breadth 17.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt… · near

55
Amadeus S · near

55
Convatec · near

55
K2M · this assignee

55
Sumitomo Precision… · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows K2M's Innovation Score is 54.7/100 (top 7% 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 K2M?

Each dot is one of K2M’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). K2M’s own 17.5 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

K2M vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where K2M's grants concentrate

K2M, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 82.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (41 grants) versus a trough of 23 in 2018. By volume, K2M sits between Avery Dennison Corporation and Mentor Graphics Corporation.

K2M's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, K2M, Inc. moved from 94 to 91 grants (0.97x 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 #1,273. See the growth leaderboard.

Avery Dennison

336
King Slide Works

336
Cummins Emission…

335
Sophos

335
Unimicron Technol…

334
Vertex Pharmaceut…

334
K2M ◀

334
Conduent Business…

333
Mentor Graphics

333

What this shows K2M holds 334 patents at rank #1,265, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near K2M

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,265 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in K2M's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for K2M, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), K2M ranks #75 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Amadeus S.A.S. 55 Convatec Technologies Inc. 55 Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. 55 Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt EN Zaadhandel B.V. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Board OF Regents OF THE University OF Nebraska 17.5 avg Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG 17.5 avg Concept Laser, GmbH 17.5 avg Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) 17.5 avg

K2M's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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K2M, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	8.7%
2016	40	12.0%
2017	41	12.3%
2018	23	6.9%
2019	29	8.7%
2020	33	9.9%
2021	32	9.6%
2022	33	9.9%
2023	34	10.2%
2024	24	7.2%
2025partial year	16	4.8%

Which technologies does K2M, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 277

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 87

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

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 5

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 4

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 4

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

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 3

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 2

Top 15 of 25 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

K2M, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

K2M, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 82.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,265 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare K2M, Inc. against Avery Dennison Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.7/100 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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