Kardium Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 146 granted patents across 8 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Kardium ranks #2,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 146 patents across 8 technology areas.
- #2,661
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 17%
- by Innovation Score (48.3/100)
- 31.0
- avg claims per patent
- +18%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2661 · Foreign Corporation #2,661 · 146 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 146 grants
- TOP-DECILE #2,661/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH FMC
- CPC-NARROW A61B · 8 areas
- INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 31.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-UP +18% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: FMC Corporation (±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 Kardium’s 48.3 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Kardium
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Faurecia Autositze · near
Faurecia Autositze · near
48 score
- Kardium · this assignee
Kardium · this assignee
48 score
- Kwang Yang Motor · near
Kwang Yang Motor · near
48 score
- Synaptive Medical… · near
Synaptive Medical… · near
48 score
- Wright Medical… · near
Wright Medical… · near
48 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Kardium's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 Kardium?
Each dot is one of Kardium’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). Kardium’s own 31.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Kardium's grants concentrate
Kardium Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 92.5% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (22 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2019. By volume, Kardium sits between FMC Corporation and Roquette Freres.
Kardium's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kardium Inc. moved from 43 to 39 grants (0.91x 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 #1,453. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Kardium's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- FMC
FMC Corporation
146 patents
- Herman Miller
Herman Miller, Inc.
146 patents
- IPG Photonics
IPG Photonics Corporation
146 patents
- Joseph Voegele
Joseph Voegele AG
146 patents
- Kohler Mira
Kohler Mira Limited
146 patents
- Reliance Industri…
Reliance Industries Limited
146 patents
- Rohm and Haas Mat…
Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc.
146 patents
- Roquette Freres
Roquette Freres
146 patents
- Kardium ◀
Kardium Inc.
146 patents
What this shows Kardium holds 146 patents at rank #2,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Kardium
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,661 in granted patent volume.
- FMC Corporation #2,657 · 146 patents
- Herman Miller, Inc. #2,658 · 146 patents
- IPG Photonics Corporation #2,659 · 146 patents
- Joseph Voegele AG #2,660 · 146 patents
- Kohler Mira Limited #2,662 · 146 patents
- Reliance Industries Limited #2,663 · 146 patents
- Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc. #2,664 · 146 patents
- Roquette Freres #2,665 · 146 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kardium's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kardium, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Kardium ranks #136 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (31.0 here).
Kardium's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | 8.9% |
| 2016 | 11 | 7.5% |
| 2017 | 15 | 10.3% |
| 2018 | 12 | 8.2% |
| 2019 | 10 | 6.8% |
| 2020 | 22 | 15.1% |
| 2021 | 11 | 7.5% |
| 2022 | 15 | 10.3% |
| 2023 | 14 | 9.6% |
| 2024 | 10 | 6.8% |
| 2025partial year | 13 | 8.9% |
Which technologies does Kardium Inc. patent most?
Top 8 of 8 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Kardium Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Kardium Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 92.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #2,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Kardium Inc. against FMC Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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.
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