Where does Ultradent Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ultradent Products, Inc. ranks #4,137 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 Ultradent Products, Inc. hold?

Ultradent Products, Inc. holds 87 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Ultradent Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ultradent Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.7 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ultradent Products, Inc. focus on?

Ultradent Products, Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 36 patents, ranking #25 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ultradent Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ultradent Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Ultradent Products, Inc.'s patents?

Ultradent Products, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 Ultradent Products, Inc. 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

Ultradent Products, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 87 granted patents across 22 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ultradent ranks #4,137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 87 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4137 · US Corporation #4,137 · 87 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 87 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,137/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sensirion
CPC-FOCUS A61C · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sensirion AG (±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 Ultradent’s 45.7 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 15.5 pts (34%) Velocity 4.8 pts (11%) Breadth 16.6 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Kasei… · near

46
Boston Scientific · near

46
Shockwave Medical · near

46
Stant USA · near

46
Ultradent Products · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ultradent's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 23% 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 Ultradent?

Each dot is one of Ultradent’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). Ultradent’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ultradent's grants concentrate

Ultradent Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 41.4% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (13 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Ultradent sits between Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. and Xero Limited.

Ultradent's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ultradent Products, Inc. moved from 29 to 21 grants (0.72x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Suzhou Lekin Semi…

87
Sensirion

87
Shockwave Medical

87
Tamron

87
University of Ver…

87
VAT Holding

87
Winview

87
Xero

87
Ultradent Products ◀

87

What this shows Ultradent holds 87 patents at rank #4,137, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ultradent

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,137 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ultradent, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), Ultradent ranks #25 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Shockwave Medical, Inc. 46 Boston Scientific Limited 46 Asahi Kasei E-materials Corporation 46 Stant USA Corp. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.7 here).

Sensors Incorporated 14.7 avg SIG Sauer Inc. 14.7 avg THE Toro Company 14.7 avg Weyerhaeuser NR Company 14.7 avg

Ultradent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Ultradent Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.6%
2016	9	10.3%
2017	8	9.2%
2018	13	14.9%
2019	8	9.2%
2020	10	11.5%
2021	11	12.6%
2022	8	9.2%
2023	4	4.6%
2024	9	10.3%
2025partial year	3	3.4%

Which technologies does Ultradent Products, Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 36

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 21

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 15

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 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

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 2

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 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

A46D - Manufacture OF Brushes 2

A46B - Brushes 2

Top 15 of 22 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

Ultradent Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ultradent Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 41.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #4,137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ultradent Products, Inc. against Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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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