Where does Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited ranks #2,385 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 Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited hold?

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited holds 164 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's Innovation Score?

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited has an Innovation Score of 66.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited focus on?

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 137 patents, ranking #135 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited.

What does claim depth mean for Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's patents?

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's patents average 16.4 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 Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited 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

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 164 granted patents across 30 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smith ranks #2,385 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 164 patents across 30 technology areas.

#2,385
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2385 · Foreign Corporation #2,385 · 164 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 164 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,385/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mettler-Toledo
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 30 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mettler-Toledo GmbH (±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 Smith’s 66.8 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 17.6 pts (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 19.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apex Brands · near

67
Inalfa Roof Systems… · near

67
Smith & Nephew Asia… · this assignee

67
United Microelectron… · near

67
Allstate Insurance · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smith's Innovation Score is 66.8/100 (top 1% 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 Smith?

Each dot is one of Smith’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). Smith’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smith's grants concentrate

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 83.5% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (47 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2020. By volume, Smith sits between Mettler-Toledo GmbH and THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd..

Smith's three-year grant acceleration

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited shows 104 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Mettler-toledo

164
NIO Technology (A…

164
Nippon Soda

164
SII Semiconductor

164
Solvay

164
Smiths Medical ASD

164
THE Board OF Trus…

164
THE Japan Steel W…

164
Smith & Nephew As… ◀

164

What this shows Smith holds 164 patents at rank #2,385, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smith

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,385 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Smith, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Smith ranks #135 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

United Microelectronics Corp. 67 Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V. 67 Apex Brands, Inc. 67 Allstate Insurance Company 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

THE Children's Hospital OF Philadelphia 16.4 avg H. Lundbeck A/S 16.4 avg Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 16.4 avg Plexxikon Inc. 16.4 avg

Smith's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	5	3.0%
2021	6	3.7%
2022	30	18.3%
2023	27	16.5%
2024	47	28.7%
2025partial year	49	29.9%

Which technologies does Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 137

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 57

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 46

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 31

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 26

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 22

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 12

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 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 5

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Top 15 of 30 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

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 83.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,385 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific PTE. Limited against Mettler-Toledo GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.