Where does Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. ranks #108 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 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. hold?

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. holds 3,361 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 128 technology areas.

What is Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 70.3 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%).

What technology areas does Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. focus on?

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 2,362 patents, ranking #4 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 128 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% 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 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s patents?

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Boston Scientific Scimed, 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

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,361 granted patents across 128 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, Boston ranks #108 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,361 patents across 128 technology areas.

#108
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (70.3/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R108 · US Corporation #108 · 3,361 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.4K grants
TOP-DECILE #108/49,997
NEAR-PEER Snap
CPC-WIDE A61B · 128 areas
INNOV-STRONG 70.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Snap Inc. (±16 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 Boston’s 70.3 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 28.1 pts (40%) Velocity 7.1 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AMI Industries · near

70
Quanata · near

70
Stryker · near

70
Boston Scientific… · this assignee

70
Sony Interactive… · near

70
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 70.3/100 (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 Boston?

Each dot is one of Boston’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). Boston’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Boston's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. received 1,568 grants versus 1,480 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 388 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 251. Lead class A61B accounts for 70.3% of the portfolio across 128 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Corning Incorporated (#104) and Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha (#112).

Boston's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. moved from 910 to 969 grants (1.06x 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 #1,025. See the growth leaderboard.

Corning Incorpora…

3,494
Nissan Motor

3,456
Whirlpool

3,434
Seagate Technology

3,383
Boston Scientific… ◀

3,361
Snap

3,345
United States of…

3,298
Illinois Tool Wor…

3,292
Toshiba TEC

3,280

What this shows Boston holds 3,361 patents at rank #108, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boston

By rank, the assignees closest to #108 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Boston, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Boston ranks #4 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (70 here).

Stryker Corporation 70 Quanata, LLC 70 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 70 AMI Industries, Inc. 70

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.8 here).

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. 16.8 avg Teradata US, Inc. 16.8 avg Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC 16.8 avg IPG Photonics Corporation 16.8 avg

Boston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 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.

View data table

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	251	7.5%
2016	313	9.3%
2017	322	9.6%
2018	283	8.4%
2019	311	9.3%
2020	330	9.8%
2021	269	8.0%
2022	287	8.5%
2023	294	8.7%
2024	388	11.5%
2025partial year	313	9.3%

Which technologies does Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2,362

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 1,101

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 901

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 240

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 183

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 136

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 71

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 62

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 60

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 42

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 41

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 36

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 30

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 28

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 27

Top 15 of 128 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

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 70.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #108 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. against Corning Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 70.3/100 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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