Where does ArthroCare Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ArthroCare Corporation ranks #4,180 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 ArthroCare Corporation hold?

ArthroCare Corporation holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is ArthroCare Corporation's Innovation Score?

ArthroCare Corporation has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ArthroCare Corporation focus on?

ArthroCare Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 82 patents, ranking #223 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is ArthroCare Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ArthroCare Corporation's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 ArthroCare Corporation's patents?

ArthroCare Corporation's patents average 21.1 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 ArthroCare Corporation 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

ArthroCare Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Arthrocare ranks #4,180 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 5 technology areas.

#4,180
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4180 · US Corporation #4,180 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,180/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Accton Technology
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Accton Technology Corporation (±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 Arthrocare’s 38.1 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 15.4 pts (40%) Velocity 2.1 pts (6%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ArthroCare · this assignee

38
AutoChips · near

38
Gurunavi · near

38
Sky CP · near

38
Unanimous A I · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Arthrocare's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 Arthrocare?

Each dot is one of Arthrocare’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). Arthrocare’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Arthrocare's grants concentrate

ArthroCare Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 96.5% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Arthrocare sits between Accton Technology Corporation and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc..

Arthrocare's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ArthroCare Corporation moved from 22 to 7 grants (0.32x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Accton Technology

85
Alfred Kärcher &…

85
Archer Aviation

85
Arlanxeo Deutschl…

85
Avalara

85
Beijing Jingdong…

85
Biomarin Pharmace…

85
Boehringer Ingelh…

85
Arthrocare ◀

85

What this shows ArthroCare holds 85 patents at rank #4,180, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ArthroCare

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,180 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ArthroCare, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), ArthroCare ranks #223 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Unanimous A. I., Inc. 38 AutoChips Inc. 38 Sky CP Limited 38 Gurunavi, Inc. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.1 here).

Institute for Research in Biomedicine 21.1 avg Starship Technologies OÜ 21.1 avg Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. 21.1 avg Refinitiv US Organization LLC 21.1 avg

Arthrocare's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% 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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ArthroCare Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	18.8%
2016	18	21.2%
2017	15	17.6%
2018	6	7.1%
2019	11	12.9%
2020	6	7.1%
2021	5	5.9%
2022	5	5.9%
2023	2	2.4%
2025partial year	1	1.2%

Which technologies does ArthroCare Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 82

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 6

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 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

ArthroCare Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ArthroCare Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 96.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #4,180 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ArthroCare Corporation against Accton Technology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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