Where does Stryker Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stryker Corporation ranks #262 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 Stryker Corporation hold?

Stryker Corporation holds 1,619 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 159 technology areas.

What is Stryker Corporation's Innovation Score?

Stryker Corporation has an Innovation Score of 70.3 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 Stryker Corporation focus on?

Stryker Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 771 patents, ranking #18 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 159 CPC subclasses total.

Is Stryker Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stryker Corporation's recent grant velocity is +154% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Stryker Corporation's patents?

Stryker Corporation's patents average 17.2 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 Stryker Corporation 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

Stryker Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,619 granted patents across 159 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, Stryker ranks #262 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,619 patents across 159 technology areas.

#262
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.3/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +154%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R262 · US Corporation #262 · 1,619 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #262/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lenovo (BEIJING)
CPC-WIDE A61B · 159 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +154% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lenovo (BEIJING) Limited (±1 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 Stryker’s 70.3 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 25.5 pts (36%) Velocity 9.4 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mercedes-Benz Group · near

70
AMI Industries · near

70
Quanata · near

70
Stryker · this assignee

70
Boston Scientific… · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stryker's Innovation Score is 70.3/100 (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 Stryker?

Each dot is one of Stryker’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). Stryker’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Stryker's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Stryker Corporation received 999 grants versus 393 in 2015–2019 (+154% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 248 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 52. Lead class A61B accounts for 47.6% of the portfolio across 159 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Infineon Technologies Austria AG (#258) and Nitto Denko Corporation (#266).

Stryker's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Stryker Corporation moved from 466 to 658 grants (1.41x 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 #511. See the growth leaderboard.

Infineon Austria

1,650
Au Optronics

1,648
NGK Insulators

1,631
Rambus

1,626
Stryker ◀

1,619
Lenovo (Beijing)

1,618
Hamamatsu Photoni…

1,615
Ecolab USA

1,610
Nitto Denko

1,608

What this shows Stryker holds 1,619 patents at rank #262, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stryker

By rank, the assignees closest to #262 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Stryker, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Stryker ranks #18 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Quanata, LLC 70 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 70 AMI Industries, Inc. 70 Mercedes-Benz Group AG 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Sanofi 17.2 avg Coopervision International Limited 17.2 avg Clemson University Research Foundation 17.2 avg Suunto Oy 17.2 avg

Stryker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Stryker Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	52	3.2%
2016	66	4.1%
2017	73	4.5%
2018	77	4.8%
2019	125	7.7%
2020	171	10.6%
2021	170	10.5%
2022	181	11.2%
2023	229	14.1%
2024	248	15.3%
2025partial year	227	14.0%

Which technologies does Stryker Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 771

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 552

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 181

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 173

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 167

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 72

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 66

A47C - CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds 54

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 47

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 41

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 34

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 34

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 33

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 31

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 29

Top 15 of 159 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

Stryker Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stryker Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 47.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #262 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stryker Corporation against Infineon Technologies Austria AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.3/100 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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