Where does Medela Holding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medela Holding AG ranks #2,679 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 Medela Holding AG hold?

Medela Holding AG holds 145 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Medela Holding AG's Innovation Score?

Medela Holding AG has an Innovation Score of 48.8 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Medela Holding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medela Holding AG's recent grant velocity is -47% 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 Medela Holding AG's patents?

Medela Holding AG's patents average 11.3 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 Medela Holding AG 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

Medela Holding AG

Q: What technology areas does Medela Holding AG focus on?

Medela Holding AG's top technology area is 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) with 78 patents, ranking #94 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 145 granted patents across 33 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medela ranks #2,679 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 145 patents across 33 technology areas.

#2,679
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.8/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2679 · Foreign Corporation #2,679 · 145 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 145 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,679/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ECP Entwicklungsgese…
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (±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 Medela’s 48.8 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 17.2 pts (35%) Velocity 4.5 pts (9%) Breadth 20.3 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
APR Beauty Group · near

49
Arrowhead Pharmaceut… · near

49
Haldex Brake… · near

49
Medela Holding · this assignee

49
Quarkstar · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medela's Innovation Score is 48.8/100 (top 16% 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 Medela?

Each dot is one of Medela’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). Medela’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Medela's grants concentrate

Medela Holding AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (23 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2023. By volume, Medela sits between ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd..

Medela's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medela Holding AG moved from 43 to 29 grants (0.67x 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 #2,232. See the growth leaderboard.

ECP Entwicklungsg…

145
Fluor

145
HL Klemove

145
JSP

145
Neste OYJ

145
Newfrey

145
Wheel Pros

145
Medela Holding ◀

145
Asahi Intecc

144

What this shows Medela holds 145 patents at rank #2,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medela

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medela, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Medela ranks #94 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Quarkstar LLC 49 Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 49 APR Beauty Group Inc. 49 Haldex Brake Products Aktiebolag 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Bomag GmbH 11.3 avg Denso Wave Incorporated 11.3 avg Biotix, Inc. 11.3 avg DOW Global Technologies LLC 11.3 avg

Medela's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% 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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Medela Holding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	8.3%
2016	19	13.1%
2017	18	12.4%
2018	23	15.9%
2019	22	15.2%
2020	10	6.9%
2021	11	7.6%
2022	9	6.2%
2023	8	5.5%
2024	12	8.3%
2025partial year	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Medela Holding AG patent most?

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 78

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 27

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 9

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

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 5

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 4

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 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 4

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

A41C - CORSETS; Brassieres 2

Top 15 of 33 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

Medela Holding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medela Holding AG's lead technology class is 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), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #2,679 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medela Holding AG against ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.8/100 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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