Where does Medizinische Hochschule Hannover rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medizinische Hochschule Hannover ranks #5,094 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 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover hold?

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover holds 68 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's Innovation Score?

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Medizinische Hochschule Hannover focus on?

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 35 patents, ranking #627 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's recent grant velocity is +13% 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 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's patents?

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's patents average 13.2 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 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 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

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 68 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medizinische ranks #5,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 68 patents across 37 technology areas.

#5,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5094 · Foreign Corporation #5,094 · 68 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 68 grants
UPPER-Q #5,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Komori
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Komori Corporation (±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
Hitachi Maxell · near

49
Alpha Assembly… · near

49
Baxter Englewood · near

49
Medizinische… · this assignee

49
Tatsuta Electric… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medizinische's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 Medizinische's grants concentrate

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 51.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Medizinische sits between Komori Corporation and Nelson Irrigation Corporation.

Medizinische's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover moved from 25 to 19 grants (0.76x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Komori

68
Kumu Networks

68
Lvmh Recherche

68
Maquet Cardiovasc…

68
Medtronic Holding…

68
Merz Pharma & Kgaa

68
Middle Chart

68
Nelson Irrigation

68
Medizinische Hoch… ◀

68

What this shows Medizinische holds 68 patents at rank #5,092, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medizinische

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,092 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medizinische, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Medizinische ranks #627 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd. 49 Baxter Corporation Englewood 49 Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. 49 Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

D&M Holdings Inc. 13.2 avg Seoul National University R&DB Foundation 13.2 avg Namics Corporation 13.2 avg Connaught Electronics Ltd. 13.2 avg

Medizinische's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	7.4%
2016	3	4.4%
2017	7	10.3%
2018	9	13.2%
2019	8	11.8%
2020	7	10.3%
2021	10	14.7%
2022	11	16.2%
2023	1	1.5%
2024	7	10.3%

Which technologies does Medizinische Hochschule Hannover patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 35

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 32

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 25

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 13

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

C07K - Peptides 11

C12Y - Enzymes 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 6

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 6

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 6

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 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 4

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 4

Top 15 of 37 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,094

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.1 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

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 51.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #5,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medizinische Hochschule Hannover against Komori Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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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