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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ICU Medical, Inc. ranks #1,272 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 ICU Medical, Inc. hold?

ICU Medical, Inc. holds 332 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

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

ICU Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.6 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%).

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

ICU Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +65% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

ICU Medical, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 ICU 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

ICU Medical, Inc.

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

ICU Medical, 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 248 patents. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 332 granted patents across 43 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, ICU ranks #1,272 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 332 patents across 43 technology areas.

#1,272
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +65%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1272 · US Corporation #1,272 · 332 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 332 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,272/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cartier International
CPC-WIDE A61M · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +65% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cartier International AG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carl Zeiss Meditec · near

63
Center FOR Advanced… · near

63
ICU Medical · this assignee

63
Sumitomo Rubber… · near

63
TUSAS—TURK Havacilik… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ICU's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (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.

Where ICU's grants concentrate

ICU Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 74.7% 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 2024 (45 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2016. By volume, ICU sits between Conduent Business Services, LLC and Gpcp IP Holdings LLC.

ICU's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ICU Medical, Inc. moved from 92 to 124 grants (1.35x 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 #580. See the growth leaderboard.

Conduent Business…

333
Mentor Graphics

333
Toyo Seikan

333
Cartier Internati…

332
Soitec

332
Toyobo

332
ICU Medical ◀

332
Columbia Insurance

331
Gpcp IP Holdings

331

What this shows ICU holds 332 patents at rank #1,272, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ICU

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,272 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ICU, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG 63 Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. 63 TUSAS—TURK Havacilik VE Uzay Sanayii Anonim Sirketi 63 Center FOR Advanced Meta-materials 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

University of Southern California 17.3 avg Darfon Electronics Corp. 17.3 avg ZF CV Systems Europe BV 17.3 avg WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC 17.3 avg

ICU's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 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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ICU Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	5.4%
2016	8	2.4%
2017	21	6.3%
2018	29	8.7%
2019	34	10.2%
2020	29	8.7%
2021	29	8.7%
2022	42	12.7%
2023	37	11.1%
2024	45	13.6%
2025partial year	40	12.0%

Which technologies does ICU Medical, 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 248

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 112

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 82

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 72

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 49

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 30

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 12

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 11

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 11

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 7

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 7

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 6

Top 15 of 43 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,272

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

62.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

ICU Medical, 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), 74.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #1,272 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ICU Medical, Inc. against Conduent Business Services, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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

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