USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Materialise N.v.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 83 granted patents across 37 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.2

Avg claims per patent

-7%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Materialise holds 83 US patents across 37 technology areas, rank #4,298 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#4,298
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: -7%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Materialise N.v. has been granted 83 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Materialise N.v. at rank #4,298 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 37 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Materialise N.v. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Materialise sits between Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation (83 patents, rank #4,294) and Newtonoid Technologies, L.l.c. (83 patents, rank #4,302) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 40 grants, compared with 43 in the 2015–2019 window, a -7% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Materialise N.v.'s 16.2 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 37 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Materialise N.v. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Hopkins Manufactu…

83
Incipio

83
Intematix

83
LECO

83
Macdon Industries

83
National Yang-min…

83
NHN

83
Newtonoid L L C

83
Materialise ◀

83

What this shows Materialise holds 83 patents at rank #4,298, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Materialise

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,298 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Materialise's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 50,000 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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Materialise N.v. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	8.4%
2016	7	8.4%
2017	7	8.4%
2018	14	16.9%
2019	8	9.6%
2020	8	9.6%
2021	7	8.4%
2022	8	9.6%
2023	8	9.6%
2024	5	6.0%
2025	4	4.8%

Which technologies does Materialise N.v. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 41

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 37

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 29

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 26

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 24

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 17

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 16

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 15

B22F - WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER ; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER 10

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 10

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 8

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 7

B29D - PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE 5

B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR ; MOULDS, ; REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS 4

G16Z - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

Top 15 of 37 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,298

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Materialise N.v. hold?

Materialise N.v. holds 83 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Materialise N.v.'s Innovation Score?

Materialise N.v. has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Materialise N.v. focus on?

Materialise N.v.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 41 patents. The company has filed patents in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Materialise N.v.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Materialise N.v.'s recent filing velocity is -7% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Materialise N.v.'s patents?

Materialise N.v.'s patents average 16.2 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Materialise N.v. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Materialise's 83 grants land it in the top 10% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Materialise ranks #4,298 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A61B - see who else leads that technology area. A61B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.