Where does HeartWare, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HeartWare, Inc. ranks #1,967 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 HeartWare, Inc. hold?

HeartWare, Inc. holds 204 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is HeartWare, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

HeartWare, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.8 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

HeartWare, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -23% 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 HeartWare, Inc.'s patents?

HeartWare, Inc.'s patents average 15.5 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 HeartWare, 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

HeartWare, Inc.

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

HeartWare, 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 192 patents, ranking #36 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 204 granted patents across 41 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, Heartware ranks #1,967 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 204 patents across 41 technology areas.

#1,967
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.8/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -23%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1967 · US Corporation #1,967 · 204 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 204 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,967/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Crocs
CPC-WIDE A61M · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -23% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Crocs, Inc. (±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 Heartware’s 52.8 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 18.4 pts (35%) Velocity 2.5 pts (5%) Breadth 22.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anumana · near

53
HeartWare · this assignee

53
Nifco · near

53
Nordischer Maschinen… · near

53
Yoshino Gypsum · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heartware's Innovation Score is 52.8/100 (top 10% 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 Heartware?

Each dot is one of Heartware’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). Heartware’s own 15.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Heartware's grants concentrate

HeartWare, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 94.1% 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 2019 (42 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2023. By volume, Heartware sits between Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. and SAF-Holland, Inc..

Heartware's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HeartWare, Inc. moved from 95 to 35 grants (0.37x 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 #2,916. See the growth leaderboard.

Panasonic Automot…

205
Crocs

204
Entropic Communic…

204
Essilor Internati…

204
Kateeva

204
Lummus Technology

204
Netgear

204
Saf-holland

204
Heartware ◀

204

What this shows HeartWare holds 204 patents at rank #1,967, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HeartWare

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,967 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HeartWare, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), HeartWare ranks #36 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Nifco Inc. 53 Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH & Co. KG 53 Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. 53 Anumana, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).

Kantatsu Co., Ltd 15.5 avg Bell Textron Inc. 15.5 avg Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. 15.5 avg THE Chemours Company FC, LLC 15.5 avg

Heartware's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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HeartWare, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	4.9%
2016	14	6.9%
2017	24	11.8%
2018	25	12.3%
2019	42	20.6%
2020	38	18.6%
2021	15	7.4%
2022	17	8.3%
2023	8	3.9%
2024	10	4.9%
2025partial year	1	0.5%

Which technologies does HeartWare, 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 192

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 39

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 22

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 20

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 11

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 10

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

H04B - Transmission 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

Top 15 of 41 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

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

HeartWare, 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), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,967 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HeartWare, Inc. against Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.8/100 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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