Overall rank by patents
#409
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,098 granted patents across 48 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Boston ranks #409 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,098 patents across 48 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R409 · US Corporation #409 · 1,098 grants
GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Thomson Licensing (±3 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Copeland · near
66 score
Ewha UNIVERSITY—INDU… · near
66 score
Ibiden · near
66 score
Boston Scientific… · this assignee
66 score
Bfly Operations · near
66 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 65.6/100 (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.
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 98.4% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (174 grants) versus a trough of 63 in 2022. By volume, Boston sits between Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation moved from 284 to 218 grants (0.77x 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 #1,943. See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
1,104 patents
Elwha LLC
1,103 patents
Dropbox, Inc.
1,102 patents
Target Brands, Inc.
1,102 patents
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
1,098 patents
Thomson Licensing
1,095 patents
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
1,092 patents
NTN Corporation
1,091 patents
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
1,089 patents
What this shows Boston holds 1,098 patents at rank #409, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #409 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Boston's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Boston, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).
Boston'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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 129 | 11.7% |
| 2016 | 174 | 15.8% |
| 2017 | 134 | 12.2% |
| 2018 | 97 | 8.8% |
| 2019 | 106 | 9.7% |
| 2020 | 93 | 8.5% |
| 2021 | 85 | 7.7% |
| 2022 | 63 | 5.7% |
| 2023 | 73 | 6.6% |
| 2024 | 82 | 7.5% |
| 2025partial year | 62 | 5.6% |
Top 15 of 48 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#409
of 49,997 tracked assignees
65.6 out of 100
What to do with this data
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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