USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 164 granted patents across 30 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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164

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.4

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Smith holds 164 US patents across 30 technology areas, rank #2,385 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#2,385
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.8/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited has been granted 164 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited at rank #2,385 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 30 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Smith sits between Mettler-toledo Gmbh (164 patents, rank #2,381) and THE Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (164 patents, rank #2,389) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 66.8/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 164 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited's 16.4 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 30 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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.

Smith's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,385

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited hold?

Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited holds 164 US granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing 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. The company has filed patents in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Smith & Nephew ASIA Pacific PTE. Limited's patent filing 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 falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

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.

How to use this portfolio

Smith's 164 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Smith ranks #2,385 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A61B - see who else leads that technology area. A61B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.