USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Hologic, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 449 granted patents across 46 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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449

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

16.5

Avg claims per patent

+69%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Hologic holds 449 US patents across 46 technology areas, rank #978 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#978
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.1/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: +69%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Hologic, Inc. has been granted 449 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Hologic, Inc. at rank #978 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 46 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a US Corporation, Hologic, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Hologic sits between Commonwealth Scientific AND Industrial Research Organisation (450 patents, rank #974) and Schneider Electric USA, Inc. (448 patents, rank #982) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 65.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 282 grants, compared with 167 in the 2015–2019 window, a +69% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Hologic, Inc.'s 16.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 46 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Hologic, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Hologic holds 449 patents at rank #978, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hologic

By rank, the assignees closest to #978 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Hologic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 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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Hologic, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	34	7.6%
2016	29	6.5%
2017	28	6.2%
2018	36	8.0%
2019	40	8.9%
2020	38	8.5%
2021	31	6.9%
2022	49	10.9%
2023	44	9.8%
2024	73	16.3%
2025	47	10.5%

Which technologies does Hologic, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 358

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 103

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 52

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 40

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 31

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 30

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 29

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 23

G21K - TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES 14

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 12

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 9

B01L - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE 8

G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES 8

F04C - ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS ; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS 7

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 6

Top 15 of 46 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#978

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Hologic, Inc. hold?

Hologic, Inc. holds 449 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 46 technology areas.

What is Hologic, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hologic, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.1 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hologic, Inc. focus on?

Hologic, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 358 patents. The company has filed patents in 46 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hologic, Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Hologic, Inc.'s recent filing velocity is +69% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

Hologic, Inc.'s patents average 16.5 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Hologic, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Hologic's 449 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Hologic ranks #978 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A61B - see who else leads that technology area. A61B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.