Where does Globus Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Globus Medical, Inc. ranks #242 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 Globus Medical, Inc. hold?

Globus Medical, Inc. holds 1,728 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Globus Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Globus Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 68.5 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%).

What technology areas does Globus Medical, Inc. focus on?

Globus Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 1,272 patents, ranking #11 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Is Globus Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Globus Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Globus Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Globus Medical, Inc.'s patents average 16.3 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 Globus Medical, 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

Globus Medical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,728 granted patents across 60 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, Globus ranks #242 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,728 patents across 60 technology areas.

#242
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.5/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R242 · US Corporation #242 · 1,728 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #242/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Merck Patent
CPC-WIDE A61B · 60 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Merck Patent GmbH (±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 Globus’s 68.5 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 25.8 pts (38%) Velocity 8.0 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gree Electric… · near

69
Datang Mobile… · near

69
AOB Products · near

69
Globus Medical · this assignee

69
Quantum-Si Incorpora… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Globus's Innovation Score is 68.5/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Globus?

Each dot is one of Globus’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). Globus’s own 16.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Globus's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Globus Medical, Inc. received 832 grants versus 713 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 209 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 101. Lead class A61B accounts for 73.6% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC (#238) and Xilinx, Inc. (#246).

Globus's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Globus Medical, Inc. moved from 441 to 527 grants (1.20x 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 #790. See the growth leaderboard.

Baker Hughes Hold…

1,746
AT&T Mobility II

1,742
Airbus Operations…

1,734
Northwestern Univ…

1,734
Merck Patent

1,728
Globus Medical ◀

1,728
THE Johns Hopkins…

1,727
Hitachi Automotiv…

1,718
Xilinx

1,718

What this shows Globus holds 1,728 patents at rank #242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Globus

By rank, the assignees closest to #242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Globus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Globus ranks #11 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Quantum-Si Incorporated 69 AOB Products Company 69 Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. 69 Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. OF Zhuhai 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Textron Innovations Inc. 16.3 avg Byk-chemie GMBH 16.3 avg Coatex 16.3 avg ABL IP Holding LLC 16.3 avg

Globus'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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Globus Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	101	5.8%
2016	147	8.5%
2017	150	8.7%
2018	179	10.4%
2019	136	7.9%
2020	171	9.9%
2021	134	7.8%
2022	154	8.9%
2023	164	9.5%
2024	209	12.1%
2025partial year	183	10.6%

Which technologies does Globus Medical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1,272

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 752

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 70

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 54

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 54

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 44

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 37

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 27

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 27

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 25

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 23

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 21

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 15

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

Top 15 of 60 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

Globus Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Globus Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 73.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #242 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Globus Medical, Inc. against Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.5/100 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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