Becton Dickinson Co patents

Becton Dickinson Co holds 5,009 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents5,009
Recent patents1,631
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 2, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015256
2016314
2017379
2018338
2019414
2020513
2021500
2022449
2023548
2024640
2025531
2026127
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015256
2016314
2017379
2018338
2019414
2020513
2021500
2022449
2023548
2024640
2025531
2026127

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A61M25/0606755
A61M25/0097535
A61M5/158530
A61B5/15003437
G01N2015/1006400

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Becton Dickinson Co have in patentsdb?
Becton Dickinson Co is linked to 5,009 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Becton Dickinson Co patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (3,493); Physics (1,539); Operations & Transport (764).
Is Becton Dickinson Co's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 640 in 2024 and 531 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Becton Dickinson Co?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.