Where does UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. ranks #7,206 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 UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. hold?

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s Innovation Score?

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. has an Innovation Score of 47.4 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. focus on?

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 16 patents, ranking #1,103 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +182% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s patents?

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s patents average 16.7 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 UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. 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

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 22 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, UMC ranks #7,206 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,206
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.4/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +182%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7206 · Foreign Corporation #7,206 · 46 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,206/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE J David…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +182% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE J. David Gladstone Institutes (±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 UMC’s 47.4 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 13.3 pts (28%) Velocity 7.6 pts (16%) Breadth 16.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Everseen · near

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UMC Utrecht Holding… · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows UMC's Innovation Score is 47.4/100 (top 19% 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 UMC?

Each dot is one of UMC’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). UMC’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where UMC's grants concentrate

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 34.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, UMC sits between THE J. David Gladstone Institutes and UPM Raflatac OY.

UMC's three-year grant acceleration

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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What this shows UMC holds 46 patents at rank #7,205, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,205 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), UMC ranks #1,103 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

National University Corporation Nara Institute OF Science AND Technology 47 Everseen Limited 47 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) 47 IMBA—INSTITUT FÜR Molekulare Biotechnologie GMBH 47

UMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	6.5%
2017	2	4.3%
2018	5	10.9%
2019	1	2.2%
2020	5	10.9%
2021	9	19.6%
2022	1	2.2%
2023	9	19.6%
2024	7	15.2%
2025partial year	4	8.7%

Which technologies does UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 16

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 14

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

C07K - Peptides 8

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

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

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 4

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 4

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 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

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 34.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #7,206 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. against THE J. David Gladstone Institutes, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.4/100 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.

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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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