Where does Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. ranks #2,442 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 Imaging, Inc. hold?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. holds 160 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.6 out of 100 (top 5% 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 Imaging, Inc. focus on?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 130 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s patents?

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Imaging, 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 Imaging, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 160 granted patents across 38 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, Karl ranks #2,442 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 160 patents across 38 technology areas.

#2,442
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.6/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2442 · US Corporation #2,442 · 160 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 160 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,442/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Globe (Jiangsu)
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. (±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 Imaging · this assignee

58
Nanotek Instruments… · near

58
Netflix · near

58
ServiceNow · near

58
UWM Research… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Karl's Innovation Score is 57.6/100 (top 5% 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 Imaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (20 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2015. By volume, Karl sits between Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Development Co. Ltd..

Karl's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. moved from 43 to 49 grants (1.14x 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 #888. See the growth leaderboard.

Globe (Jiangsu)

160
Hitachi Koki

160
IMEC

160
Innovative Techno…

160
Mitsubishi Pencil

160
Mujin

160
Monolithic Power…

160
Ningbo Geely Auto…

160
Karl Storz Imaging ◀

160

What this shows Karl holds 160 patents at rank #2,442, 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 #2,442 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Nanotek Instruments Group, LLC 58 Netflix, Inc. 58 ServiceNow, Inc. 58 UWM Research Foundation, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 17.7 avg American Airlines, Inc. 17.7 avg Workiva Inc. 17.7 avg Chemtreat, Inc. 17.7 avg

Karl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	6.9%
2016	14	8.8%
2017	14	8.8%
2018	19	11.9%
2019	11	6.9%
2020	18	11.3%
2021	14	8.8%
2022	20	12.5%
2023	13	8.1%
2024	16	10.0%
2025partial year	10	6.3%

Which technologies does Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 130

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 84

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 63

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 28

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

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 3

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,442

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

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

Karl Storz Imaging, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,442 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. against Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.6/100 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.