Where does Teleflex Life Sciences LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Teleflex Life Sciences LLC ranks #3,212 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 Teleflex Life Sciences LLC hold?

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC holds 117 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's Innovation Score?

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Teleflex Life Sciences LLC focus on?

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 85 patents, ranking #207 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's recent grant velocity is +444% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's patents?

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's patents average 17.4 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 Teleflex Life Sciences 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 US Corporation

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 117 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Teleflex ranks #3,212 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 117 patents across 25 technology areas.

#3,212
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +444%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3212 · US Corporation #3,212 · 117 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 117 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,212/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SII Printek
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +444% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SII Printek 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 Teleflex’s 51.7 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 16.5 pts (32%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 17.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Basell Polyolefine · near

52
Feitian · near

52
Kymera Therapeutics · near

52
MLOptic · near

52
Teleflex Life Sciences · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Teleflex's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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 Teleflex?

Each dot is one of Teleflex’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). Teleflex’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Teleflex's grants concentrate

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 72.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Teleflex sits between SII Printek Inc. and Woodpeckers, LLC.

Teleflex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Teleflex Life Sciences LLC moved from 46 to 49 grants (1.06x 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 #1,026. See the growth leaderboard.

SII Printek

117
Smartdrive Systems

117
Takasago Internat…

117
Tectus

117
The University Of…

117
Universite DE Par…

117
West Pharma Servi…

117
Woodpeckers

117
Teleflex Life Sci… ◀

117

What this shows Teleflex holds 117 patents at rank #3,212, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Teleflex

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,212 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Teleflex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Teleflex ranks #207 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Basell Polyolefine GmbH 52 Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd. 52 MLOptic Corp. 52 Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.4 here).

Walbro LLC 17.4 avg Shanghai Bilibili Technology Co., Ltd. 17.4 avg Technische Universität Wien 17.4 avg Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 17.4 avg

Teleflex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Teleflex Life Sciences LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.9%
2017	1	0.9%
2018	6	5.1%
2019	8	6.8%
2020	17	14.5%
2021	21	17.9%
2022	19	16.2%
2023	20	17.1%
2024	10	8.5%
2025partial year	14	12.0%

Which technologies does Teleflex Life Sciences LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 85

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 59

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 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 5

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 4

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 4

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

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 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 3

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 2

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Teleflex Life Sciences LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 72.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #3,212 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Teleflex Life Sciences LLC against SII Printek Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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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