Zimmer Inc patents

Zimmer Inc holds 977 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents977
Recent patents159
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 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
2015120
2016106
2017115
2018125
2019109
202096
202159
202268
202343
202462
202558
202616
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015120
2016106
2017115
2018125
2019109
202096
202159
202268
202343
202462
202558
202616

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
A61F2/389233
A61F2/3859172
A61F2002/30616157
A61F2/4684136
A61B17/1764124

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 Zimmer Inc have in patentsdb?
Zimmer Inc is linked to 977 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Zimmer Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (970); Physics (98); Operations & Transport (70).
Is Zimmer Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 62 in 2024 and 58 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Zimmer Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.