Where does Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH ranks #2,031 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 Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH hold?

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH holds 196 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's Innovation Score?

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH has an Innovation Score of 61.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH focus on?

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 177 patents, ranking #106 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

Is Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's recent grant velocity is +87% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's patents?

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's patents average 11.6 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 Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH 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

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 196 granted patents across 52 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Olympus ranks #2,031 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 196 patents across 52 technology areas.

#2,031
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.1/100): 11.6
avg claims per patent: +87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2031 · Foreign Corporation #2,031 · 196 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 196 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,031/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biomet Sports Medicine
CPC-WIDE A61B · 52 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biomet Sports Medicine, 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.

How Olympus’s 61.1 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 18.3 pts (30%) Velocity 10.9 pts (18%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.0 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bloom Energy · near

61
Olympus Winter & IBE · this assignee

61
University OF South… · near

61
Research Institute… · near

61
Thales · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Olympus's Innovation Score is 61.1/100 (top 3% 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 Olympus?

Each dot is one of Olympus’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). Olympus’s own 11.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Olympus's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH received 114 grants versus 61 in 2015–2019 (+87% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 8. Lead class A61B accounts for 90.3% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Securus Technologies, LLC (#2,027) and Coway Co., Ltd. (#2,035).

Olympus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH moved from 49 to 80 grants (1.63x 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 #360. See the growth leaderboard.

Securus

197
Timotion Technolo…

197
Biomet Sports Med…

196
Nektar Therapeuti…

196
Specialized Bicyc…

196
True Velocity IP…

196
Olympus Winter &… ◀

196
China Mobile Comm…

195
Coway

195

What this shows Olympus holds 196 patents at rank #2,031, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Olympus

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,031 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Olympus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Olympus ranks #106 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Bloom Energy Corporation 61 University OF South Carolina 61 Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec 61 Thales 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.6 here).

Airbus Operations SAS 11.6 avg Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. 11.6 avg Dongbu Daewoo Electronics Corporation 11.7 avg Safran 11.7 avg

Olympus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	4.1%
2016	15	7.7%
2017	8	4.1%
2018	15	7.7%
2019	15	7.7%
2020	19	9.7%
2021	15	7.7%
2022	20	10.2%
2023	22	11.2%
2024	38	19.4%
2025partial year	21	10.7%

Which technologies does Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 177

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 57

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 11

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 10

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

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 6

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 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

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

Top 15 of 52 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

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 90.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,031 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Olympus Winter & IBE GMBH against Securus Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.1/100 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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