Where does Ypsomed AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ypsomed AG ranks #4,929 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 Ypsomed AG hold?

Ypsomed AG holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Ypsomed AG's Innovation Score?

Ypsomed AG has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ypsomed AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Ypsomed AG.

What does claim depth mean for Ypsomed AG's patents?

Ypsomed AG's patents average 16.5 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 Ypsomed AG 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

Ypsomed AG

Q: What technology areas does Ypsomed AG focus on?

Ypsomed AG'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 66 patents. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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, Ypsomed ranks #4,929 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 18 technology areas.

#4,929
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4929 · Foreign Corporation #4,929 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,929/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Universite de Lorraine
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Universite de Lorraine (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
H B Fuller · near

57
Bühler · near

57
Inter Ikea Systems B V · near

57
Ypsomed · this assignee

57
Mettler-Toledo… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ypsomed's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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.

Where Ypsomed's grants concentrate

Ypsomed AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 93% 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 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Ypsomed sits between Universite de Lorraine and Axis Lighting Inc..

Ypsomed's three-year grant acceleration

Ypsomed AG shows 42 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Universite de Lor…

71
University of Lee…

71
Varroc Lighting S…

71
Yuan MEI

71
Ypsomed ◀

71
Aeye

70
Alpha Networks

70
Avid Technology

70
Axis Lighting

70

What this shows Ypsomed holds 71 patents at rank #4,930, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ypsomed

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,930 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ypsomed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Bühler AG 57 Inter Ikea Systems B.V. 57 H.B. Fuller Company 57 Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Measurement Technology Ltd. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC 16.5 avg Arlanxeo Deutschland GmbH 16.5 avg Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG 16.5 avg Appotronics Corporation Limited 16.5 avg

Ypsomed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Ypsomed AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	4.2%
2021	13	18.3%
2022	16	22.5%
2023	7	9.9%
2024	19	26.8%
2025partial year	13	18.3%

Which technologies does Ypsomed AG 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 66

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 8

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,929

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Ypsomed AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ypsomed AG'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), 93% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #4,929 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ypsomed AG against Universite de Lorraine, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.