Where does Greatbatch Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Greatbatch Ltd. ranks #1,408 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 Greatbatch Ltd. hold?

Greatbatch Ltd. holds 299 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Greatbatch Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Greatbatch Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 63.7 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Greatbatch Ltd. focus on?

Greatbatch Ltd.'s top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 185 patents, ranking #15 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Greatbatch Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Greatbatch Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -51% 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 Greatbatch Ltd.'s patents?

Greatbatch Ltd.'s patents average 24.8 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 Greatbatch Ltd. 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

Greatbatch Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 299 granted patents across 54 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Greatbatch ranks #1,408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 299 patents across 54 technology areas.

#1,408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.7/100): 24.8
avg claims per patent: -51%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1408 · US Corporation #1,408 · 299 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 299 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bloom Energy
CPC-WIDE A61N · 54 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -51% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bloom Energy Corporation (±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 Greatbatch’s 63.7 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 19.7 pts (31%) Velocity 4.1 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AWI Licensing · near

64
Dana · near

64
Greatbatch · this assignee

64
Sumitomo Heavy… · near

64
Teradyne · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Greatbatch's Innovation Score is 63.7/100 (top 2% 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 Greatbatch?

Each dot is one of Greatbatch’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). Greatbatch’s own 24.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Greatbatch's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Greatbatch Ltd. received 94 grants versus 191 in 2015–2019 (-51% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 63 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 14. Lead class A61N accounts for 61.9% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC (#1,404) and The Governing Council of the University of Toronto (#1,412).

Greatbatch's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Greatbatch Ltd. moved from 76 to 47 grants (0.62x 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 #2,403. See the growth leaderboard.

Arvinmeritor Tech…

300
Baxalta Incorpora…

300
Energous

300
Bloom Energy

299
Lemon

299
Greatbatch ◀

299
Applied Medical R…

298
Mattel

298
The Governing Cou…

298

What this shows Greatbatch holds 299 patents at rank #1,408, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Greatbatch

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,408 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Greatbatch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), Greatbatch ranks #15 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 64 Teradyne, Inc. 64 Dana Limited 64 AWI Licensing LLC 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.8 here).

Covestro (Netherlands) B.V. 24.8 avg Cavium, LLC. 24.8 avg Medivation Technologies LLC 24.8 avg Dreamworks Animation LLC 24.8 avg

Greatbatch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Greatbatch Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	63	21.1%
2016	42	14.0%
2017	28	9.4%
2018	29	9.7%
2019	29	9.7%
2020	21	7.0%
2021	26	8.7%
2022	14	4.7%
2023	17	5.7%
2024	16	5.4%
2025partial year	14	4.7%

Which technologies does Greatbatch Ltd. patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 185

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 82

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 73

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 58

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 55

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 48

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 44

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 35

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 23

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 21

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 20

C22C - Alloys 17

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 14

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 12

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 11

Top 15 of 54 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

Greatbatch Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Greatbatch Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 61.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #1,408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Greatbatch Ltd. against ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.7/100 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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