Where does Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. ranks #29,196 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 Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. hold?

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.4 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -20% 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 Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s patents?

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, 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

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. focus on?

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s top technology area is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Karl ranks #29,196 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#29,196
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.4/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R29196 · US Corporation #29,196 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #29,196/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kalt Maschinenbau
CPC-NARROW G16H · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kalt Maschinenbau AG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Karl Storz Endoscopy… · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Karl's Innovation Score is 32.4/100 (41st 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.

Where Karl's grants concentrate

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Karl sits between Kalt Maschinenbau AG and Kinshofer GmbH.

Karl's three-year grant acceleration

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Kalt Maschinenbau

9
Kammok Holdings

9
Kane USA

9
Kanga

9
Kessler & & KG

9
Kheiron Medical

9
Kiniksa Pharmaceu…

9
Kinshofer

9
Karl Storz Endosc… ◀

9

What this shows Karl holds 9 patents at rank #29,205, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Karl

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,205 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G16H (Healthcare Informatics)

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

Karl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	33.3%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	3	33.3%
2022	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. patent most?

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#29,196

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

32.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.'s lead technology class is G16H (Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G16H
Ranked #29,196 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc. against Kalt Maschinenbau AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.4/100 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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