Where does Carefusion 303, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carefusion 303, Inc. ranks #621 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 Carefusion 303, Inc. hold?

Carefusion 303, Inc. holds 711 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is Carefusion 303, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Carefusion 303, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 68.7 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%).

Is Carefusion 303, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carefusion 303, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +76% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Carefusion 303, Inc.'s patents?

Carefusion 303, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Carefusion 303, 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

Carefusion 303, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Carefusion 303, Inc. focus on?

Carefusion 303, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 419 patents. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 711 granted patents across 79 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carefusion ranks #621 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 711 patents across 79 technology areas.

#621
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.7/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R621 · US Corporation #621 · 711 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 711 grants
TOP-DECILE #621/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Eastman Kodak
CPC-WIDE A61M · 79 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eastman Kodak Company (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Whirlpool · near

69
Carefusion 303 · this assignee

69
NIO Technology (ANHUI) · near

69
The Toronto-Dominion… · near

69
Beijing Jingdong… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carefusion's Innovation Score is 68.7/100 (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.

How Carefusion's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Carefusion 303, Inc. received 404 grants versus 230 in 2015–2019 (+76% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 100 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 40. Lead class A61M accounts for 58.9% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (#617) and CJ Cheiljedang Corporation (#625).

Carefusion's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Carefusion 303, Inc. moved from 176 to 285 grants (1.62x 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 #367. See the growth leaderboard.

T-mobile Innovati…

715
FG Innovation

714
Masimo

714
Joled

713
Eastman Kodak

711
Carefusion 303 ◀

711
Johnson Controls…

710
Viavi Solutions

710
CJ Cheiljedang

709

What this shows Carefusion holds 711 patents at rank #621, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Carefusion

By rank, the assignees closest to #621 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Carefusion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

The Toronto-Dominion Bank 69 NIO Technology (ANHUI) Co., Ltd 69 Whirlpool Corporation 69 Beijing Jingdong Qianshi Technology Co., Ltd. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).

Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. 17.1 avg Stryker European Holdings, LLC 17.1 avg Umicore AG & Co. KG 17.1 avg Pilkington Group Limited 17.1 avg

Carefusion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 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.

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Carefusion 303, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	45	6.3%
2016	46	6.5%
2017	40	5.6%
2018	42	5.9%
2019	57	8.0%
2020	52	7.3%
2021	67	9.4%
2022	86	12.1%
2023	100	14.1%
2024	99	13.9%
2025partial year	77	10.8%

Which technologies does Carefusion 303, Inc. patent most?

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 419

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 248

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 98

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 85

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 84

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 63

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 60

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 44

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 43

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 35

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 33

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 33

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 33

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 32

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 25

Top 15 of 79 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#621

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

68.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Carefusion 303, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Carefusion 303, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 58.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #621 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carefusion 303, Inc. against T-Mobile Innovations LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.7/100 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.