Where does Kardium Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kardium Inc. ranks #2,661 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 Kardium Inc. hold?

Kardium Inc. holds 146 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Kardium Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Kardium Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kardium Inc. focus on?

Kardium Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 135 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kardium Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kardium Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Kardium Inc.'s patents average 31.0 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 Kardium 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 Foreign Corporation

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).

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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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Faurecia Autositze · near

48
Kardium · this assignee

48
Kwang Yang Motor · near

48
Synaptive Medical… · near

48
Wright Medical… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

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.

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.

FMC

146
Herman Miller

146
IPG Photonics

146
Joseph Voegele

146
Kohler Mira

146
Reliance Industri…

146
Rohm and Haas Mat…

146
Roquette Freres

146
Kardium ◀

146

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.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Synaptive Medical (BARBADOS) Inc. 48 Wright Medical Technology, Inc. 48 Kwang Yang Motor Co., Ltd. 48 Faurecia Autositze GmbH 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (31.0 here).

Cooledge Lighting Inc. 30.9 avg Limagrain Europe S.A. 31.1 avg Foamix Pharamaceuticals Ltd. 31.2 avg Ultratec, Inc. 30.8 avg

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

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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Kardium Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 135

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 46

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 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 23

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 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 7

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,661

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.3 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

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.

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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