Where does CareFusion Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CareFusion Corporation ranks #13,902 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 Corporation hold?

CareFusion Corporation holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is CareFusion Corporation's Innovation Score?

CareFusion Corporation has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

CareFusion Corporation's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 CareFusion Corporation's patents?

CareFusion Corporation'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 CareFusion 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

CareFusion Corporation

Q: What technology areas does CareFusion Corporation focus on?

CareFusion Corporation'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 19 patents, ranking #393 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 8 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 #13,902 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 8 technology areas.

#13,902
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13902 · US Corporation #13,902 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #13,902/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cana Technology
CPC-NARROW A61M · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cana Technology, Inc. (±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 Carefusion’s 40.8 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 10.7 pts (26%) Velocity 10.0 pts (25%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CareFusion · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carefusion's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Carefusion?

Each dot is one of Carefusion’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). Carefusion’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Carefusion's grants concentrate

CareFusion Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 90.5% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Carefusion sits between Cqms PTY Ltd and Champion Microelectronic Corporation.

Carefusion's three-year grant acceleration

CareFusion Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Cqms PTY

21
Cvrx

21
Cana Technology

21
Carbon Holdings I…

21
Carleton Life Sup…

21
Cascade Microtech

21
Cavitation

21
Champion Microele…

21
Carefusion ◀

21

What this shows CareFusion holds 21 patents at rank #13,919, 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 #13,919 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.

Carefusion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	28.6%
2016	7	33.3%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	1	4.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2022	2	9.5%
2024	1	4.8%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does CareFusion Corporation 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 19

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 8

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

CareFusion Corporation'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), 90.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #13,902 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CareFusion Corporation against Cqms PTY Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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