Where does Zimmer Dental, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zimmer Dental, Inc. ranks #11,145 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 Zimmer Dental, Inc. hold?

Zimmer Dental, Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zimmer Dental, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zimmer Dental, Inc. focus on?

Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 22 patents, ranking #41 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s patents?

Zimmer Dental, Inc.'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 Zimmer Dental, 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

Zimmer Dental, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zimmer ranks #11,145 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 9 technology areas.

#11,145
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11145 · US Corporation #11,145 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #11,145/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eIngot
CPC-NARROW A61C · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eIngot LLC (±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 Zimmer’s 33.4 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 11.6 pts (35%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 10.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Access Medical Systems · near

33
Abbvie Biotherapeutics · near

33
Finish Time Holdings · near

33
Inotera Memories · near

33
Zimmer Dental · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zimmer's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th percentile 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 Zimmer?

Each dot is one of Zimmer’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). Zimmer’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Zimmer's grants concentrate

Zimmer Dental, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Zimmer sits between Zibra, LLC and uLab Systems Inc..

Zimmer's three-year grant acceleration

Zimmer Dental, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Zibra

28
Zuru (Singapore)…

28
Zhejiang Yotrio G…

28
Zimeno

28
Zipwall

28
eingot

28
humangear

28
ulab Systems

28
Zimmer Dental ◀

28

What this shows Zimmer holds 28 patents at rank #11,143, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zimmer

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,143 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Zimmer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), Zimmer ranks #41 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc. 33 Inotera Memories, Inc. 33 Finish Time Holdings, LLC 33 Access Medical Systems, Ltd. 33

Zimmer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Zimmer Dental, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	28.6%
2016	4	14.3%
2017	6	21.4%
2018	3	10.7%
2019	3	10.7%
2020	2	7.1%
2021	1	3.6%
2024	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Zimmer Dental, Inc. patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 22

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 7

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 3

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

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

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 2

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zimmer Dental, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #11,145 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zimmer Dental, Inc. against Zibra, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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.

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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