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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zimmer Surgical, Inc. ranks #18,323 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 Surgical, Inc. hold?

Zimmer Surgical, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

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

Zimmer Surgical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% 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 Surgical, Inc. focus on?

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 9 patents, ranking #1,889 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Surgical, Inc.'s patents?

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 Surgical, 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 Surgical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Zimmer ranks #18,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 5 technology areas.

#18,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18323 · US Corporation #18,323 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH aeris
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: aeris GmbH (±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 45.6 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 9.8 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 7.9 pts (17%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Zimmer Surgical · this assignee

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What this shows Zimmer's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 13.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 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 Surgical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Zimmer sits between Zetta Research and Development LLC—ForC Series and iStreamPlanet Co., LLC.

Zimmer's three-year grant acceleration

Zimmer Surgical, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Zetta Research an…

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Zhaoqing Yitai In…

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Zum Services

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What this shows Zimmer holds 16 patents at rank #18,325, 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 #18,325 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Zimmer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

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 Surgical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	18.8%
2016	1	6.3%
2017	2	12.5%
2018	3	18.8%
2020	1	6.3%
2023	5	31.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Zimmer Surgical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 9

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 1

Top 5 of 5 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 Surgical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zimmer Surgical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #18,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zimmer Surgical, Inc. against Zetta Research and Development LLC—ForC Series, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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.