Where does Henry Ford Health System rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Henry Ford Health System ranks #6,339 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 Henry Ford Health System hold?

Henry Ford Health System holds 53 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Henry Ford Health System's Innovation Score?

Henry Ford Health System has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Henry Ford Health System focus on?

Henry Ford Health System's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 22 patents, ranking #1,019 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Henry Ford Health System's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Henry Ford Health System's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 Henry Ford Health System's patents?

Henry Ford Health System's patents average 13.6 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 Henry Ford Health System 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

Henry Ford Health System

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 53 granted patents across 22 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Henry ranks #6,339 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 53 patents across 22 technology areas.

#6,339
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 13.6
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6339 · US Corporation #6,339 · 53 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 53 grants
UPPER-Q #6,339/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gree Green Refrigera…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai (±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 Henry’s 43.9 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 13.8 pts (31%) Velocity 5.3 pts (12%) Breadth 16.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Affera · near

44
Henry Ford Health… · this assignee

44
Zoom Communications · near

44
Acetylon Pharmaceuti… · near

44
Panavision Internati… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Henry's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Henry?

Each dot is one of Henry’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). Henry’s own 13.6 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.

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

Where Henry's grants concentrate

Henry Ford Health System is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 41.5% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Henry sits between Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai and Insightec Ltd..

Henry's three-year grant acceleration

Henry Ford Health System shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Gree Green Refrig…

53
Guangzhou Shiyuan…

53
Harsco

53
Hello

53
Hyliion

53
Ikea Supply

53
Ingevity South Ca…

53
Insightec

53
Henry Ford Health… ◀

53

What this shows Henry holds 53 patents at rank #6,338, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Henry

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,338 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Henry, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61K (Preparations FOR Medical), Henry ranks #1,019 of 7,163 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Affera, Inc. 44 Zoom Communications, Inc. 44 Panavision International, L.P. 44 Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.6 here).

Areva GMBH 13.6 avg BOS GMBH & Co. KG 13.6 avg Yokowo Co., Ltd. 13.6 avg RFMicron, Inc. 13.6 avg

Henry's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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Henry Ford Health System patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	17.0%
2016	4	7.5%
2017	6	11.3%
2018	4	7.5%
2019	5	9.4%
2020	5	9.4%
2021	5	9.4%
2022	6	11.3%
2023	4	7.5%
2024	2	3.8%
2025partial year	3	5.7%

Which technologies does Henry Ford Health System patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 22

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 18

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 16

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 10

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 8

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

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 5

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

C07K - Peptides 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Henry Ford Health System's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Henry Ford Health System's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 41.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #6,339 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Henry Ford Health System against Gree Green Refrigeration Technology Center Co., Ltd. of Zhuhai, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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