Where does Kyphon Sarl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kyphon Sarl ranks #9,299 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 Kyphon Sarl hold?

Kyphon Sarl holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Kyphon Sarl's Innovation Score?

Kyphon Sarl has an Innovation Score of 40.4 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kyphon Sarl focus on?

Kyphon Sarl's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 32 patents, ranking #588 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kyphon Sarl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kyphon Sarl's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Kyphon Sarl's patents?

Kyphon Sarl's patents average 19.0 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 Kyphon Sarl 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

Kyphon Sarl

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kyphon ranks #9,299 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 12 technology areas.

#9,299
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.4/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9299 · Foreign Corporation #9,299 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,299/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KA Group
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KA Group 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.

How Kyphon’s 40.4 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 12.3 pts (31%) Velocity 4.4 pts (11%) Breadth 12.2 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Factor Bioscience · near

40
Kyphon Sarl · this assignee

40
Thine · near

40
Uipco · near

40
WisTa Laboratories · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kyphon's Innovation Score is 40.4/100 (top 36% 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 Kyphon?

Each dot is one of Kyphon’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). Kyphon’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kyphon's grants concentrate

Kyphon Sarl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (23 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Kyphon sits between KA Group AG and Liebherr Machines Bulle SA.

Kyphon's three-year grant acceleration

Kyphon Sarl shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

KA Group

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Kartell S p A

34
Koch Agronomic Se…

34
Kuna Systems

34
Kdesign

34
Korea Internet &…

34
Layer3 TV

34
Liebherr Machines…

34
Kyphon Sarl ◀

34

What this shows Kyphon holds 34 patents at rank #9,297, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kyphon

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,297 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kyphon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Kyphon ranks #588 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

WisTa Laboratories Ltd. 40 Uipco, LLC 40 Thine Electronics, Inc. 40 Factor Bioscience Inc. 40

Kyphon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Kyphon Sarl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	67.6%
2016	4	11.8%
2017	2	5.9%
2021	3	8.8%
2022	1	2.9%
2023	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Kyphon Sarl patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 32

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 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

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 4

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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Kyphon Sarl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kyphon Sarl's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #9,299 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kyphon Sarl against KA Group AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.4/100 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

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.