Where does Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG ranks #1,317 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 GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG holds 322 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 145 patents, ranking #128 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Is Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 7.7 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 GmbH & Co. KG 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 Foreign Corporation

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 322 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Karl ranks #1,317 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 322 patents across 42 technology areas.

#1,317
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 7.7
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1317 · Foreign Corporation #1,317 · 322 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 322 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,317/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Korea Institute OF…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Korea Institute OF Energy Research (±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 Karl’s 47.5 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 20.0 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 22.9 pts (48%) Claim depth 4.6 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Cube IP · near

48
Chromalloy Gas Turbine · near

48
Karl Storz & KG · this assignee

48
L E A F Holdings Group · near

48
Reynolds Consumer… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Karl's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Karl?

Each dot is one of Karl’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). Karl’s own 7.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Karl's grants concentrate

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (104 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Karl sits between Trimble Inc. and Nchain Licensing AG.

Trimble

323
VIA

323
Verisign

323
Korea Institute O…

322
Linkedin

322
Tokyo Institute o…

322
Karl Storz & KG ◀

322
Coplus

321
Nchain Licensing

321

What this shows Karl holds 322 patents at rank #1,318, 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 #1,318 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Karl, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Karl ranks #128 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Blue Cube IP LLC 48 L.E.A.F. Holdings Group LLC 48 Reynolds Consumer Products LLC 48 Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.7 here).

Daihen Corporation 7.8 avg Icom Incorporated 7.7 avg Custom Molded Products, LLC 7.8 avg NTT Docomo, Inc. 7.8 avg

Karl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	86	26.7%
2016	104	32.3%
2017	88	27.3%
2018	41	12.7%
2019	1	0.3%
2020	2	0.6%

Which technologies does Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 145

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 27

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

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 10

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 4

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 3

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 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 2

Top 15 of 42 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

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,317 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG against Trimble Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.