Where does O&M Halyard, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), O&M Halyard, Inc. ranks #4,213 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 O&M Halyard, Inc. hold?

O&M Halyard, Inc. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is O&M Halyard, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

O&M Halyard, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does O&M Halyard, Inc. focus on?

O&M Halyard, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 34 patents, ranking #557 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is O&M Halyard, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

O&M Halyard, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +333% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for O&M Halyard, Inc.'s patents?

O&M Halyard, Inc.'s patents average 16.0 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 O&M Halyard, Inc. 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 US Corporation

O&M Halyard, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 38 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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, O&m ranks #4,213 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 38 technology areas.

#4,213
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +333%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4213 · US Corporation #4,213 · 85 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,213/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Macrogenics
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +333% 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.

How O&m’s 50.8 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 15.4 pts (30%) Velocity 4.0 pts (8%) Breadth 21.8 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Kasei Chemicals · near

51
Evonik Röhm · near

51
Lifetime Products · near

51
O&M Halyard · this assignee

51
Unitika · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows O&m's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 O&m?

Each dot is one of O&m’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). O&m’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where O&m's grants concentrate

O&M Halyard, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (22 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, O&m sits between Macrogenics, Inc. and Pindrop Security, Inc..

O&m's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, O&M Halyard, Inc. moved from 47 to 28 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Macrogenics

85
Nifco Korea

85
Bekaert

85
Nobel Biocare Ser…

85
Océ Holding B V

85
Omrix Biopharmace…

85
Otto Bock Healthc…

85
Pindrop Security

85
O&M Halyard ◀

85

What this shows O&M holds 85 patents at rank #4,212, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near O&M

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,212 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in O&M's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for O&M, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), O&M ranks #557 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Evonik Röhm GmbH 51 Lifetime Products, Inc. 51 Unitika Ltd. 51 Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

Diodes Incorporated 16.0 avg Emulate, Inc. 16.0 avg Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller Se & Co. KG 16.0 avg Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 16.0 avg

O&m's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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O&M Halyard, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	5	5.9%
2019	10	11.8%
2020	22	25.9%
2021	15	17.6%
2022	12	14.1%
2023	11	12.9%
2024	5	5.9%
2025partial year	5	5.9%

Which technologies does O&M Halyard, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 34

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 33

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 23

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 21

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 15

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 10

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 8

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 7

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 7

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 7

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

Top 15 of 38 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

O&M Halyard, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

O&M Halyard, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,213 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare O&M Halyard, Inc. against Macrogenics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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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