Where does PFM Medical GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PFM Medical GMBH ranks #7,455 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 PFM Medical GMBH hold?

PFM Medical GMBH holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is PFM Medical GMBH's Innovation Score?

PFM Medical GMBH has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is PFM Medical GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PFM Medical GMBH's recent grant velocity is -46% 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 PFM Medical GMBH's patents?

PFM Medical GMBH's patents average 14.4 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 PFM Medical 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

PFM Medical GMBH

Q: What technology areas does PFM Medical GMBH focus on?

PFM Medical GMBH'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 15 patents, ranking #479 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 7 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, PFM ranks #7,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 7 technology areas.

#7,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7455 · Foreign Corporation #7,455 · 44 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Numecent Holdings
CPC-NARROW A61M · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Numecent Holdings, 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 PFM’s 34.0 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 13.1 pts (38%) Velocity 2.9 pts (9%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
39F USA · near

34
PFM Medical · this assignee

34
Seattle Children's… · near

34
World Centric · near

34
Ascion · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PFM's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th percentile 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 PFM?

Each dot is one of PFM’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). PFM’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where PFM's grants concentrate

PFM Medical GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 34.1% 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 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, PFM sits between Numecent Holdings, Inc. and People Co., Ltd..

PFM's three-year grant acceleration

PFM Medical GMBH shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Numecent Holdings

44
Omni United (S) P…

44
OTI Lumionics

44
Omniscient Neurot…

44
Pixia

44
Prologium Holding

44
Protean Electric

44
People

44
PFM Medical ◀

44

What this shows PFM holds 44 patents at rank #7,454, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PFM

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,454 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PFM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), PFM ranks #479 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

World Centric 34 Seattle Children's Research Institute 34 Ascion, LLC 34 39F USA Inc 34

PFM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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PFM Medical GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	9.1%
2016	4	9.1%
2017	4	9.1%
2018	8	18.2%
2019	6	13.6%
2020	5	11.4%
2021	3	6.8%
2022	2	4.5%
2024	4	9.1%
2025partial year	4	9.1%

Which technologies does PFM Medical GMBH 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 15

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

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 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 2

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 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 7 of 7 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

PFM Medical GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PFM Medical GMBH'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), 34.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #7,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PFM Medical GMBH against Numecent Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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