Where does Medidata Solutions, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medidata Solutions, Inc. ranks #9,819 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 Medidata Solutions, Inc. hold?

Medidata Solutions, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Medidata Solutions, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Medidata Solutions, Inc. focus on?

Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 19 patents, ranking #2,171 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +7% 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 Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s patents?

Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 Medidata Solutions, 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

Medidata Solutions, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 16 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medidata ranks #9,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 16 technology areas.

#9,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9819 · US Corporation #9,819 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Labinal Power Systems
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Labinal Power Systems (±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 Medidata’s 38.9 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 12.1 pts (31%) Velocity 3.8 pts (10%) Breadth 14.1 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Medivation · near

39
Sugatsune Kogyo · near

39
Heron Therapeutics · near

39
Lekisport · near

39
Medidata Solutions · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medidata's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Medidata?

Each dot is one of Medidata’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). Medidata’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Medidata's grants concentrate

Medidata Solutions, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 59.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Medidata sits between Labinal Power Systems and Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha.

Medidata's three-year grant acceleration

Medidata Solutions, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Labinal Power Sys…

32
Lancer

32
Ledengin

32
Mastercard Mobile…

32
Meiko Maschinenba…

32
Mips AB

32
Mitsubishi Heavy…

32
Mitsubishi Jidosh…

32
Medidata Solutions ◀

32

What this shows Medidata holds 32 patents at rank #9,815, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medidata

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,815 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medidata, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Medidata ranks #2,171 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. 39 Lekisport AG 39 Medivation Technologies LLC 39 Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd. 39

Medidata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Medidata Solutions, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	3.1%
2016	4	12.5%
2017	2	6.3%
2018	2	6.3%
2019	6	18.8%
2020	2	6.3%
2021	6	18.8%
2022	2	6.3%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	4	12.5%
2025partial year	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Medidata Solutions, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 16

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

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 5

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

Top 15 of 16 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medidata Solutions, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 59.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medidata Solutions, Inc. against Labinal Power Systems, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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

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.