Where does Abiomed, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Abiomed, Inc. ranks #2,021 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 Abiomed, Inc. hold?

Abiomed, Inc. holds 197 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Abiomed, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Abiomed, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Abiomed, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +267% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Abiomed, Inc.'s patents?

Abiomed, Inc.'s patents average 16.2 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 Abiomed, 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

Abiomed, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Abiomed, Inc. focus on?

Abiomed, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 151 patents, ranking #49 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 197 granted patents across 27 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Abiomed ranks #2,021 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 197 patents across 27 technology areas.

#2,021
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.4/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +267%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2021 · US Corporation #2,021 · 197 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 197 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,021/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intersil Americas
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 27 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +267% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intersil Americas LLC (±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 Abiomed’s 66.4 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 18.3 pts (28%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 18.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abiomed · this assignee

66
Disney Enterprises · near

66
Raytheon · near

66
ATI ULC · near

66
Cambridge Mobile… · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Abiomed's Innovation Score is 66.4/100 (top 1% 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 Abiomed?

Each dot is one of Abiomed’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). Abiomed’s own 16.2 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Abiomed vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Abiomed's grants concentrate

Abiomed, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 76.6% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (45 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Abiomed sits between Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. and PsiQuantum Corp..

Abiomed's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Abiomed, Inc. moved from 32 to 99 grants (3.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #79. See the growth leaderboard.

Saint-gobain Abra…

198
Suntory Holdings

198
State Grid of Chi…

198
Tula etechnology

198
Intersil Americas

197
Oculus VR

197
Pismo Labs Techno…

197
Psiquantum

197
Abiomed ◀

197

What this shows Abiomed holds 197 patents at rank #2,021, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Abiomed

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,021 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Abiomed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Abiomed ranks #49 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Disney Enterprises, Inc. 66 Raytheon Technologies Corporation 66 ATI Technologies ULC 66 Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

M-I L.L.C. 16.2 avg Koninklijke KPN N.V. 16.2 avg Meso Scale Technologies, LLC. 16.2 avg Biomerieux, Inc. 16.2 avg

Abiomed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Abiomed, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.5%
2016	8	4.1%
2017	7	3.6%
2018	3	1.5%
2019	10	5.1%
2020	9	4.6%
2021	13	6.6%
2022	25	12.7%
2023	29	14.7%
2024	45	22.8%
2025partial year	43	21.8%

Which technologies does Abiomed, Inc. patent most?

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 151

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 60

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 31

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

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 12

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

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 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

Top 15 of 27 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

Abiomed, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Abiomed, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 76.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #2,021 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Abiomed, Inc. against Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.4/100 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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