Cern Corporation
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Cern ranks #39,394 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.
- #39,394
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 33%
- by Innovation Score (41.4/100)
- 22.3
- avg claims per patent
- +200%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R39394 · US Corporation #39,394 · 6 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
- LOWER-Q #39,394/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Centrotherm…
- CPC-NARROW A61N · 5 areas
- INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 22.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +200% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG (±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 Cern’s 41.4 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Cern
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Cern · this assignee
Cern · this assignee
41 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Cern's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Cern?
Each dot is one of Cern’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). Cern’s own 22.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Cern's grants concentrate
Cern Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). By volume, Cern sits between Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG and Changzhou Huada Kejie Opto-Electro Instrument Co., Ltd..
Cern's three-year grant acceleration
Cern Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.
Who files at Cern's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Centrotherm Photo…
Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG
6 patents
- Cerasina
Cerasina GmbH
6 patents
- Cerebrotech Medic…
Cerebrotech Medical Systems, Inc.
6 patents
- Ceres
Ceres Technologies, Inc.
6 patents
- Certus
Certus Technologies
6 patents
- Changchun Univers…
Changchun University of Science and Technology
6 patents
- Changjiang River…
Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute
6 patents
- Changzhou Huada K…
Changzhou Huada Kejie Opto-Electro Instrument Co., Ltd.
6 patents
- Cern ◀
Cern Corporation
6 patents
What this shows Cern holds 6 patents at rank #39,535, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Cern
By rank, the assignees closest to #39,535 in granted patent volume.
- Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG #39,531 · 6 patents
- Cerasina GmbH #39,532 · 6 patents
- Cerebrotech Medical Systems, Inc. #39,533 · 6 patents
- Ceres Technologies, Inc. #39,534 · 6 patents
- Certus Technologies #39,536 · 6 patents
- Changchun University of Science and Technology #39,537 · 6 patents
- Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute #39,538 · 6 patents
- Changzhou Huada Kejie Opto-Electro Instrument Co., Ltd. #39,539 · 6 patents
Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Cern's primary technology class.
- Medtronic, Inc. 2,200 in class
- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation 1,080 in class
- Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 1,037 in class
- Pacesetter, Inc. 609 in class
- Zoll Medical Corporation 556 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 534 in class
- Cochlear Limited 449 in class
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 296 in class
Cern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 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
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 16.7% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 33.3% |
Which technologies does Cern Corporation patent most?
Top 5 of 5 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Cern Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Cern Corporation's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
- Ranked #39,394 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Cern Corporation against Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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.
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.