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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AtriCure, Inc. ranks #2,454 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 AtriCure, Inc. hold?

AtriCure, Inc. holds 159 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is AtriCure, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

AtriCure, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AtriCure, Inc. focus on?

AtriCure, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 157 patents, ranking #120 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

AtriCure, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +34% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

AtriCure, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 AtriCure, 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

AtriCure, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 159 granted patents across 13 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Atricure ranks #2,454 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 159 patents across 13 technology areas.

#2,454
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2454 · US Corporation #2,454 · 159 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 159 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,454/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elemental Scientific
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elemental Scientific, Inc. (±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 Atricure’s 52.0 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 17.5 pts (34%) Velocity 10.5 pts (20%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Franklin Fueling… · near

52
Nisshinbo Holdings · near

52
AtriCure · this assignee

52
CSP · near

52
Kraussmaffei · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Atricure's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Atricure?

Each dot is one of Atricure’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). Atricure’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Atricure's grants concentrate

AtriCure, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 98.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (26 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2017. By volume, Atricure sits between Sybase, Inc. and Keter Plastic Ltd..

Atricure's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, AtriCure, Inc. moved from 38 to 60 grants (1.58x 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 #387. See the growth leaderboard.

Sybase

160
Trumpf Werkzeugma…

160
Valentino S p A

160
Veoneer US

160
Elemental Scienti…

159
Fasteners for Ret…

159
Insulet

159
Keter Plastic

159
Atricure ◀

159

What this shows AtriCure holds 159 patents at rank #2,454, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AtriCure

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,454 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AtriCure, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), AtriCure ranks #120 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

CSP Technologies, Inc. 52 Kraussmaffei Technologies GMBH 52 Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. 52 Franklin Fueling Systems, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Enseo, LLC 18.7 avg Valencell, Inc. 18.7 avg Hartford Fire Insurance Company 18.7 avg Polaris Industries Inc. 18.7 avg

Atricure's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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AtriCure, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	5.0%
2016	13	8.2%
2017	7	4.4%
2018	19	11.9%
2019	15	9.4%
2020	14	8.8%
2021	9	5.7%
2022	19	11.9%
2023	15	9.4%
2024	26	16.4%
2025partial year	14	8.8%

Which technologies does AtriCure, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 157

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 30

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 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

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 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

AtriCure, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 98.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,454 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AtriCure, Inc. against Sybase, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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