Where does Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. ranks #13,725 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 Medical Devices S.À R.L. hold?

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s Innovation Score?

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. has an Innovation Score of 34.8 out of 100 (49th percentile 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 Medical Devices S.À R.L. focus on?

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 21 patents, ranking #851 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s patents?

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s patents average 20.3 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 Medical Devices S.À R.L. 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

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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 #13,725 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 11 technology areas.

#13,725
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.8/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13725 · Foreign Corporation #13,725 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,725/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Taiwan Semiconductor
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (±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 34.8 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 10.8 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Teleflex's Innovation Score is 34.8/100 (49th percentile 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 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 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 Medical Devices S.À R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Teleflex sits between Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC.

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TE Connectivity I…

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TEL Epion

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THE Wave Talk

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Thermoflex

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What this shows Teleflex holds 22 patents at rank #13,721, 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 #13,721 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Teleflex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	18.2%
2018	9	40.9%
2019	9	40.9%

Which technologies does Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 21

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 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B23B - TURNING; Boring 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 1

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

B25D - Percussive Tools 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 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 Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #13,725 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L. against Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.8/100 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

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