Where does Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. ranks #2,240 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 Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. hold?

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. holds 175 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. focus on?

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 126 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +93% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s patents?

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'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 Fujifilm Sonosite, 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

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 175 granted patents across 26 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, Fujifilm ranks #2,240 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 175 patents across 26 technology areas.

#2,240
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2240 · US Corporation #2,240 · 175 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 175 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,240/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambarella Internatio…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambarella International LP (±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
Bottomline · near

56
Fujifilm Sonosite · this assignee

56
Helen OF Troy · near

56
Jungheinrich · near

56
University of North… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fujifilm's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Fujifilm's grants concentrate

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 72% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (29 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2019. By volume, Fujifilm sits between Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH and Oracle America, Inc..

Fujifilm's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. moved from 43 to 69 grants (1.60x 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 #375. See the growth leaderboard.

Wincor Nixdorf In…

176
Ambarella Interna…

175
Beijing Universit…

175
D-wave Systems

175
Impinj

175
LNW Gaming

175
Navico Holding AS

175
Oracle America

175
Fujifilm Sonosite ◀

175

What this shows Fujifilm holds 175 patents at rank #2,240, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fujifilm

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,240 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Jungheinrich AG 56 Helen OF Troy Limited 56 Bottomline Technologies, Inc. 56 University of North Dakota 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

N.V. Nutricia 15.6 avg Ademco Inc. 15.6 avg Arkema France 15.6 avg Sony Group Corporation 15.6 avg

Fujifilm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	6.3%
2016	13	7.4%
2017	11	6.3%
2018	11	6.3%
2019	8	4.6%
2020	20	11.4%
2021	15	8.6%
2022	17	9.7%
2023	29	16.6%
2024	23	13.1%
2025partial year	17	9.7%

Which technologies does Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 126

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 49

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 41

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 30

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 21

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 19

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 5

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 3

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,240

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.0 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

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 72% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,240 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. against Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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