Where does Butterfly Network, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Butterfly Network, Inc. ranks #2,926 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 Butterfly Network, Inc. hold?

Butterfly Network, Inc. holds 130 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Butterfly Network, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Butterfly Network, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Butterfly Network, Inc. focus on?

Butterfly Network, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 58 patents, ranking #320 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

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

Butterfly Network, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Butterfly Network, Inc.'s patents?

Butterfly Network, Inc.'s patents average 13.4 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 Butterfly Network, 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

Butterfly Network, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 130 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Butterfly ranks #2,926 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 130 patents across 27 technology areas.

#2,926
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2926 · US Corporation #2,926 · 130 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 130 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,926/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alcon Research
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alcon Research, Ltd. (±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 Butterfly’s 43.2 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 16.8 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 18.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Butterfly Network · this assignee

43
Fujian Jinhua… · near

43
GE Medical Systems… · near

43
Maricap Oy · near

43
Microsemi · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Butterfly's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Butterfly?

Each dot is one of Butterfly’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). Butterfly’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Butterfly's grants concentrate

Butterfly Network, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 44.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (38 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2015. By volume, Butterfly sits between The Raymond Corporation and Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd..

The Raymond

131
VKR Holding A/S

131
Xiamen University

131
Alcon Research

130
Crown Packaging T…

130
Dalian Institute…

130
Glaxo Group

130
Husky Injection M…

130
Butterfly Network ◀

130

What this shows Butterfly holds 130 patents at rank #2,926, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Butterfly

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,926 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Butterfly, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Butterfly ranks #320 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. 43 GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC 43 Microsemi Corporation 43 Maricap Oy 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. 13.4 avg Becton Dickinson France 13.4 avg Autoliv Nissin Brake Systems Japan Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg Hoya Corporation 13.4 avg

Butterfly's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Butterfly Network, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	6.2%
2016	15	11.5%
2017	8	6.2%
2018	12	9.2%
2019	31	23.8%
2020	38	29.2%
2021	18	13.8%

Which technologies does Butterfly Network, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 58

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 56

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 37

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 36

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 34

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 26

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 17

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 16

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 12

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 12

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 11

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

H04J - Multiplex Communication 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

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

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

Butterfly Network, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 44.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,926 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Butterfly Network, Inc. against The Raymond Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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