Where does Nobel Biocare Services AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nobel Biocare Services AG ranks #4,210 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 Nobel Biocare Services AG hold?

Nobel Biocare Services AG holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Nobel Biocare Services AG's Innovation Score?

Nobel Biocare Services AG has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Nobel Biocare Services AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nobel Biocare Services AG's recent grant velocity is -43% 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 Nobel Biocare Services AG's patents?

Nobel Biocare Services AG's patents average 14.9 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 Nobel Biocare Services 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

Nobel Biocare Services AG

Q: What technology areas does Nobel Biocare Services AG focus on?

Nobel Biocare Services AG's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 68 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 21 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nobel ranks #4,210 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 21 technology areas.

#4,210
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4210 · Foreign Corporation #4,210 · 85 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,210/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Macrogenics
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Macrogenics, Inc. (±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
Bal Seal Engineering · near

45
Kojima Industries · near

45
Nobel Biocare Services · this assignee

45
Pioneer Square Brands · near

45
Spanx · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nobel's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Nobel's grants concentrate

Nobel Biocare Services AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2021. By volume, Nobel sits between MTG Co., Ltd. and Otto Bock Healthcare LP.

Nobel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nobel Biocare Services AG moved from 28 to 17 grants (0.61x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

MTG

85
Macrogenics

85
Nifco Korea

85
Bekaert

85
O&M Halyard

85
Océ Holding B V

85
Omrix Biopharmace…

85
Otto Bock Healthc…

85
Nobel Biocare Ser… ◀

85

What this shows Nobel holds 85 patents at rank #4,211, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nobel

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,211 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nobel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Bal Seal Engineering, LLC 45 Spanx, LLC 45 Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. 45 Kojima Industries Corporation 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Indian Institute OF Technology Bombay 14.9 avg A. O. Smith Corporation 14.9 avg Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. 14.9 avg Vayyar Imaging Ltd. 14.9 avg

Nobel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Nobel Biocare Services AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	7.1%
2016	7	8.2%
2017	8	9.4%
2018	14	16.5%
2019	16	18.8%
2020	7	8.2%
2021	5	5.9%
2022	6	7.1%
2023	5	5.9%
2024	6	7.1%
2025partial year	5	5.9%

Which technologies does Nobel Biocare Services AG patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 68

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 14

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 7

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 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

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

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

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 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 3

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 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,210

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.6 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

Nobel Biocare Services AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nobel Biocare Services AG's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #4,210 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nobel Biocare Services AG against MTG Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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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