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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. ranks #6,301 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 Knee Creations, Inc. hold?

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th 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 Knee Creations, Inc. focus on?

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 52 patents, ranking #361 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Knee Creations, Inc.'s patents?

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 Knee Creations, 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 Knee Creations, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Zimmer ranks #6,301 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 6 technology areas.

#6,301
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6301 · US Corporation #6,301 · 54 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,301/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH eYs3D Microelectronics
CPC-NARROW A61B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: eYs3D Microelectronics, Co. (±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 34.1 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 13.8 pts (40%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asurion · near

34
Coinplug · near

34
Zimmer Knee Creations · this assignee

34
Bath & Body Works… · near

34
VAST COM · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zimmer's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 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 Knee Creations, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 96.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Zimmer sits between Upwing Energy, Inc. and Acergy France SAS.

Zimmer's three-year grant acceleration

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. shows 1 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.

Upwing Energy

54
Venus Medtech (Ha…

54
Weir Minerals Aus…

54
Yuhan

54
Zymogenetics

54
eys3d Microelectr…

54
Zimmer Knee Creat… ◀

54
128 Technology

53
Acergy France SAS

53

What this shows Zimmer holds 54 patents at rank #6,300, 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 #6,300 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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 A61B (Diagnosis), Zimmer ranks #361 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Coinplug, Inc. 34 Asurion, LLC 34 Bath & Body Works Brand Management, Inc. 34 VAST.COM, Inc. 34

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

DUO Security, Inc. 18.1 avg DT Swiss Inc. 18.1 avg WD Media, LLC 18.1 avg Kathrein-werke KG 18.1 avg

Zimmer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

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 Knee Creations, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	16.7%
2016	15	27.8%
2017	12	22.2%
2018	8	14.8%
2019	3	5.6%
2020	2	3.7%
2021	4	7.4%
2022	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 52

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 39

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 17

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 9

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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 3

Top 6 of 6 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 Knee Creations, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 96.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #6,301 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc. against Upwing Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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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