Where does Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. ranks #1,731 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 Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. hold?

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. holds 236 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +175% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s patents?

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s patents average 14.5 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 Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, 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

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. focus on?

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 194 patents, ranking #31 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 236 granted patents across 56 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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 Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #1,731 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 236 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,731
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: +175%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1731 · US Corporation #1,731 · 236 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 236 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,731/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AAC Microtech…
CPC-WIDE A61F · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +175% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. (±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 Johnson’s 58.5 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 18.9 pts (32%) Velocity 5.9 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ATI Properties · near

58
Johnson & Johnson… · this assignee

58
King Abdulaziz… · near

58
Ouraring · near

58
Woven by Toyota · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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 Johnson?

Each dot is one of Johnson’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). Johnson’s own 14.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Johnson's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. received 154 grants versus 56 in 2015–2019 (+175% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 18. Lead class A61F accounts for 82.2% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. (#1,727) and Brigham Young University (#1,735).

Johnson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. moved from 102 to 90 grants (0.88x 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 #1,542. See the growth leaderboard.

University of Lou…

237
AAC Microtech (Ch…

236
Alps Electric

236
Beijing Zhigu RUI…

236
Meidensha

236
Nidec Motor

236
Johnson & Johnson… ◀

236
AGC Glass Europe

235
Brigham Young Uni…

235

What this shows Johnson holds 236 patents at rank #1,731, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Johnson

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,731 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Johnson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Johnson ranks #31 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

King Abdulaziz University 58 ATI Properties LLC 58 Ouraring Inc. 58 Woven by Toyota, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

BYD Company Limited 14.5 avg The Hospital for Sick Children 14.5 avg Ansaldo Energia IP UK Limited 14.5 avg Genethon 14.5 avg

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	18	7.6%
2019	38	16.1%
2020	26	11.0%
2021	38	16.1%
2022	28	11.9%
2023	24	10.2%
2024	38	16.1%
2025partial year	26	11.0%

Which technologies does Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. patent most?

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 194

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 108

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 92

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 18

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 15

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 11

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 11

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 11

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 9

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 8

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 7

Top 15 of 56 technology areas

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What to do with this data

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 Device), 82.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #1,731 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc. against University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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.

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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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