Where does Teleflex Medical Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Teleflex Medical Incorporated ranks #2,717 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 Incorporated hold?

Teleflex Medical Incorporated holds 143 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Teleflex Medical Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Teleflex Medical Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 51.8 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 Medical Incorporated focus on?

Teleflex Medical Incorporated's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 95 patents, ranking #194 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Teleflex Medical Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Teleflex Medical Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Incorporated's patents?

Teleflex Medical Incorporated's patents average 18.0 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 Incorporated 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 Medical Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 143 granted patents across 34 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, Teleflex ranks #2,717 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 143 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,717
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2717 · US Corporation #2,717 · 143 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 143 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,717/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Qingdao University…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Qingdao University OF Technology (±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 51.8 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 17.2 pts (33%) Velocity 3.2 pts (6%) Breadth 20.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Callaway Golf · near

52
Continuous Composites · near

52
Imperial Innovations · near

52
Teleflex Medical… · this assignee

52
Varjo 0y · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Teleflex's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (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 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 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 Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 66.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (23 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2022. By volume, Teleflex sits between Qingdao University OF Technology and Cohere Technologies, Inc..

Teleflex's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Teleflex Medical Incorporated moved from 58 to 28 grants (0.48x 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 #2,735. See the growth leaderboard.

Qingdao Universit…

143
Rohm and Haas Mat…

143
Stmicroelectronic…

143
Taiwan FU Hsing I…

143
Tele Tracking

143
Zoll Circulation

143
Teleflex Medical… ◀

143
Coopervision Inte…

142
Cohere

142

What this shows Teleflex holds 143 patents at rank #2,716, 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 #2,716 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 #194 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Continuous Composites Inc. 52 Varjo Technologies 0y 52 Imperial Innovations Limited 52 Callaway Golf Company 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Kabam, Inc. 18.0 avg Copeland LP 18.0 avg Emerging Automotive, LLC 18.0 avg The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services 18.0 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Teleflex Medical Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	7.0%
2016	14	9.8%
2017	12	8.4%
2018	11	7.7%
2019	22	15.4%
2020	23	16.1%
2021	13	9.1%
2022	7	4.9%
2023	8	5.6%
2024	13	9.1%
2025partial year	10	7.0%

Which technologies does Teleflex Medical Incorporated patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 95

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 54

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 14

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 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

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 3

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 2

Top 15 of 34 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 Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Teleflex Medical Incorporated's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 66.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,717 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Teleflex Medical Incorporated against Qingdao University OF Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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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