Where does Stryker European Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stryker European Holdings, LLC ranks #1,178 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 European Holdings, LLC hold?

Stryker European Holdings, LLC holds 362 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Stryker European Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Stryker European Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% 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 European Holdings, LLC focus on?

Stryker European Holdings, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 305 patents, ranking #69 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 46 CPC subclasses total.

Is Stryker European Holdings, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stryker European Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Stryker European Holdings, LLC's patents?

Stryker European Holdings, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 European Holdings, LLC 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

Stryker European Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 362 granted patents across 46 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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 #1,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 362 patents across 46 technology areas.

#1,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1178 · Foreign Corporation #1,178 · 362 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 362 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coupang
CPC-WIDE A61B · 46 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coupang Corp. (±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 Stryker’s 55.3 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 20.4 pts (37%) Velocity 0.7 pts (1%) Breadth 24.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Exergyn · near

55
NIO USA · near

55
Stryker European… · this assignee

55
The Trustees of… · near

55
Wilcox Industries · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stryker's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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 17.1 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.

Where Stryker's grants concentrate

Stryker European Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 46 CPC subclasses with 84.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (77 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Stryker sits between Stryker European Operations Limited and Universiteit Gent.

Stryker's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Stryker European Holdings, LLC moved from 149 to 16 grants (0.11x 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 #3,165. See the growth leaderboard.

Stryker European…

363
Coupang

362
Plantronics

362
Soochow University

362
Stryker European… ◀

362
Asia Vital Compon…

361
Osram Sylvania

361
Shenzhen Shokz

361
Universiteit Gent

361

What this shows Stryker holds 362 patents at rank #1,178, 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 #1,178 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 #69 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

NIO USA, Inc. 55 Wilcox Industries Corp. 55 Exergyn, Ltd. 55 The Trustees of Boston College 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. 17.1 avg Umicore AG & Co. KG 17.1 avg Carefusion 303, Inc. 17.1 avg Pilkington Group Limited 17.1 avg

Stryker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Stryker European Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	1.9%
2016	67	18.5%
2017	65	18.0%
2018	58	16.0%
2019	77	21.3%
2020	51	14.1%
2021	21	5.8%
2022	7	1.9%
2023	5	1.4%
2024	4	1.1%

Which technologies does Stryker European Holdings, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 305

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 79

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 17

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 15

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 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

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 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 6

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 5

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 5

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 4

Top 15 of 46 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 European Holdings, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stryker European Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 84.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stryker European Holdings, LLC against Stryker European Operations Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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