Where does Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG ranks #12,303 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 Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +9% 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 Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 12.9 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 Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG 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

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is 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) with 15 patents, ranking #479 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vetter ranks #12,303 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 13 technology areas.

#12,303
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12303 · Foreign Corporation #12,303 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,303/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Valio
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Valio 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 Vetter’s 37.7 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 11.3 pts (30%) Velocity 5.9 pts (16%) Breadth 12.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Boppy · near

38
Vetter Pharma-Fertig… · this assignee

38
Virtustream IP Holding · near

38
Levitation Sciences · near

38
Metal Fusion · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vetter's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Vetter?

Each dot is one of Vetter’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). Vetter’s own 12.9 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Vetter's grants concentrate

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vetter sits between Victrex Manufacturing Limited and Vungle, Inc..

Vetter's three-year grant acceleration

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Victrex Manufactu…

25
Vudu

25
Valio

25
Verity

25
Virsec Systems

25
Virtual Incision

25
Volt

25
Vungle

25
Vetter Pharma-fer… ◀

25

What this shows Vetter holds 25 patents at rank #12,301, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vetter

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,301 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Vetter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Vetter ranks #479 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

The Boppy Company, LLC 38 Virtustream IP Holding Company LLC 38 Metal Fusion, Inc. 38 Levitation Sciences LLC 38

Vetter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	4.0%
2018	5	20.0%
2019	5	20.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	3	12.0%
2022	3	12.0%
2024	5	20.0%
2025partial year	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

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 15

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 8

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

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 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

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 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is 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), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #12,303 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG against Victrex Manufacturing Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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