Fresenius Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Fresenius has a total of 12414 patents globally, out of which 5282 have been granted. Of these 12414 patents, more than 61% patents are active. United States of America is where Fresenius has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Germany. Parallelly, Germany seems to be the main focused R&D center and also is the origin country of Fresenius.

Fresenius was founded in 1912 by Eduard Fresenius. Fresenius is a global health care group with products and services for dialysis, the hospital and the medical care of patients at home. The Company sells dialysis, infusion, transfusion, and diagnostics equipment and systems, blood separators, plasma, hemofilters, nutritional liquids, and solid and liquid pharmaceuticals. As of May 2022, Fresenius has a market cap of $17.17 Billion.

Read about some of the most popular patents of Fresenius which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Fresenius patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Fresenius patent portfolio.

How many patents does the Founder and CEO of Fresenius have?

The Founder Eduard Fresenius have 0 patents and the CEO Stephan Sturm have 0 patents.

How many patents does Fresenius have?

Fresenius has a total of 12414 patents globally. These patents belong to 2864 unique patent families. Out of 12414 patents, 7682 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Fresenius File Every Year?

Fresenius Patents Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantFresenius Applications FiledFresenius Patents Granted
2011758168
2012773217
2013655320
2014712248
2015789244
2016698217
2017869342
2018724359
2019629611
2020444530
2021191471
20222120

How many Fresenius patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

Fresenius Patents Portfolio

How Many Patents did Fresenius File in Different Countries?

Fresenius Worldwide Patents

Countries in which Fresenius Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America1899
Europe1800
Germany1542
China1175
Japan887
Spain514
India425
Australia421
Canada354
Korea (South)294
Brazil288
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)189
Austria177
Poland169
Mexico108
Eurasia96
Denmark92
Portugal73
Taiwan63
South Africa51
Argentina41
Singapore37
Hungary36
United Kingdom36
Russia33
Slovenia29
Israel29
Croatia24
New Zealand24
Chile20
Norway19
Malaysia15
Cyprus14
Turkey13
Indonesia13
Lithuania11
France10
Philippines9
Albania8
Colombia8
Serbia7
Viet Nam7
Sweden6
Belarus5
Egypt4
Switzerland4
Czech Republic4
Italy4
Slovakia4
Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro3
Finland3
Iceland3
Netherlands2
Ukraine2
San Marino1
Bulgaria1
Peru1
Estonia1
Tunisia1
Romania1
Georgia1

Where are Research Centers of Fresenius Patents Located?

Research Centers of Fresenius Patents

10 Best Fresenius Patents

US6743201B1 is the most popular patent in the Fresenius portfolio. It has received 363 citations so far from companies like Baxter International Inc, Deka Products Limited and Zoll Circulation, Inc.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Fresenius:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US6743201B1363
US20050230292A1335
US6595948B2321
WO2004024761A1285
US6949079B1215
US6348156B1215
US6752172B2210
US6537445B2178
US6387086B2159
US6623443B1154

Which Companies are using Fresenius Patents to Advance their Research?

If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.

The top citing companies in the Fresenius patent portfolio are Baxter International, Gambro Lundia Ab and B Braun Avitum Ag.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
Baxter International56
Gambro Lundia Ab25
B Braun Avitum Ag23
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha22
Medtronic19
Becton Dickinson17
Nxstage Medical Inc8
Asahi Kasei Medical Co Ltd8
Nikkiso Company Limited8
Terumo Bct Inc7

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Fresenius Patents

Top Fresenius Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US6595948B221
US8172813B212
US10235567B29
US20100004552A18
US7976510B27
US6645191B17
US9248229B27
US6838569B26
US8262639B26
US8622213B26
US6387086B26
US7875016B25
US8251971B25
US8178040B25
US8500676B25

What Percentage of Fresenius US Patent Applications were Granted?

Fresenius (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1920 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 1258 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 83.4%.

Below are the key stats of Fresenius patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Fresenius?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Jacobson Holman Pllc39881.46%
Fish & Richardson Pc39488.93%
Kilyk & Bowersox Pllc16992.66%
Leydig Voit & Mayer Ltd10887.06%
Occhiuti & Rohlicek Llp9958.62%
Cook Alex Ltd8390.38%
Hunton Andrews Kurth Llp6897.06%
Kenyon & Kenyon Llp5585.45%
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds Pc5488.00%
Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni Pllc5486.96%

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What are Fresenius key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Fresenius?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Fresenius in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Fresenius thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Fresenius search focus changed over the years?

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