Where does Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl ranks #36,349 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 Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl hold?

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's Innovation Score?

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl has an Innovation Score of 28.2 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Maillefer Instruments Holding 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 Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's patents?

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's patents average 15.4 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 Maillefer Instruments Holding 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

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl

Q: What technology areas does Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl focus on?

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maillefer ranks #36,349 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#36,349
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.2/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36349 · Foreign Corporation #36,349 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,349/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maestro Devices
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maestro Devices, LLC (±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.

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85
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28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maillefer's Innovation Score is 28.2/100 (26th 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 Maillefer's grants concentrate

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Maillefer sits between Maestro Devices, LLC and Mann Teknik AB.

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7

What this shows Maillefer holds 7 patents at rank #36,326, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Maillefer

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Maillefer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% 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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Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	28.6%
2017	4	57.1%
2020	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

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 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

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

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 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,349

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.2 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

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #36,349 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Maillefer Instruments Holding Sarl against Maestro Devices, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.2/100 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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