Where does Credence MedSystems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Credence MedSystems, Inc. ranks #8,004 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 Credence MedSystems, Inc. hold?

Credence MedSystems, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Credence MedSystems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +155% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s patents?

Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 Credence MedSystems, 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

Credence MedSystems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Credence MedSystems, Inc. focus on?

Credence MedSystems, 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 39 patents, ranking #186 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 6 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, Credence ranks #8,004 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 6 technology areas.

#8,004
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: +155%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8004 · US Corporation #8,004 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,004/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CloudMinds Robotics
CPC-NARROW A61M · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +155% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CloudMinds Robotics Co., 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 Credence’s 42.9 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 12.8 pts (30%) Velocity 9.2 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Credence MedSystems · this assignee

43
Mycotechnology · near

43
STAMPS COM · near

43
Apixio · near

43
Noxell · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Credence's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 30% 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 Credence?

Each dot is one of Credence’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). Credence’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Credence's grants concentrate

Credence MedSystems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 97.5% 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 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Credence sits between CloudMinds Robotics Co., Ltd. and Doyo Engineering Co., Ltd..

Credence's three-year grant acceleration

Credence MedSystems, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Cloudminds Roboti…

40
Club Car

40
Corbion Biotech

40
Coriant Operations

40
Danfoss Power Sol…

40
Darfon (Suzhou)

40
De' Longhi Applia…

40
Doyo Engineering

40
Credence Medsyste… ◀

40

What this shows Credence holds 40 patents at rank #8,005, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Credence

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,005 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Credence, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Credence ranks #186 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

STAMPS.COM Inc. 43 Mycotechnology, Inc 43 Apixio, LLC 43 Noxell Corporation 43

Credence's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Credence MedSystems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.5%
2016	1	2.5%
2017	2	5.0%
2018	4	10.0%
2019	3	7.5%
2020	2	5.0%
2021	8	20.0%
2022	3	7.5%
2023	8	20.0%
2024	7	17.5%
2025partial year	1	2.5%

Which technologies does Credence MedSystems, 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 39

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 16

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

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 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Credence MedSystems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Credence MedSystems, 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), 97.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #8,004 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Credence MedSystems, Inc. against CloudMinds Robotics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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

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