Where does Candela Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Candela Corporation ranks #10,275 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 Candela Corporation hold?

Candela Corporation holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Candela Corporation's Innovation Score?

Candela Corporation has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Candela Corporation focus on?

Candela Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 23 patents, ranking #784 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Candela Corporation's recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Candela Corporation's patents?

Candela Corporation's patents average 15.6 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 Candela 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

Candela Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 9 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, Candela ranks #10,275 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 9 technology areas.

#10,275
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10275 · US Corporation #10,275 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,275/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caisson Interventional
CPC-NARROW A61B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caisson Interventional LLC (±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 Candela’s 36.9 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 11.9 pts (32%) Velocity 5.0 pts (14%) Breadth 10.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Candela · this assignee

37
Insyde Software · near

37
Konnectronix · near

37
Miraial · near

37
OrthAlign · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Candela's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Candela?

Each dot is one of Candela’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). Candela’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 19.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Candela's grants concentrate

Candela Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 76.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Candela sits between CUB Elecparts Inc. and ChemImage Corporation.

Candela's three-year grant acceleration

Candela Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

CUB Elecparts

30
Curexo

30
Caisson Intervent…

30
Camplex

30
Carl Zeiss Multis…

30
Cellphone-mate

30
Centre Hospitalie…

30
Chemimage

30
Candela ◀

30

What this shows Candela holds 30 patents at rank #10,283, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Candela

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,283 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Candela, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Candela ranks #784 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Konnectronix, Inc. 37 Miraial Co., Ltd. 37 OrthAlign, Inc. 37 Insyde Software Corp. 37

Candela's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Candela Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.3%
2016	6	20.0%
2017	3	10.0%
2018	4	13.3%
2019	2	6.7%
2020	4	13.3%
2021	2	6.7%
2022	4	13.3%
2023	1	3.3%
2024	1	3.3%
2025partial year	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Candela Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 23

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 19

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 8

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 3

B01D - Separation 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

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

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Candela Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 76.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #10,275 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Candela Corporation against CUB Elecparts Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.