Where does Medline Industries, LP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medline Industries, LP ranks #592 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 Medline Industries, LP hold?

Medline Industries, LP holds 753 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 80 technology areas.

What is Medline Industries, LP's Innovation Score?

Medline Industries, LP has an Innovation Score of 58.7 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%).

What technology areas does Medline Industries, LP focus on?

Medline Industries, LP's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 135 patents, ranking #136 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 80 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medline Industries, LP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medline Industries, LP's recent grant velocity is +6% 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 Medline Industries, LP's patents?

Medline Industries, LP's patents average 10.3 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 Medline Industries, LP 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

Medline Industries, LP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 753 granted patents across 80 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, Medline ranks #592 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 753 patents across 80 technology areas.

#592
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R592 · US Corporation #592 · 753 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 753 grants
TOP-DECILE #592/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Goodix…
CPC-WIDE A61B · 80 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Goodix Technology 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 Medline’s 58.7 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 22.9 pts (39%) Velocity 4.6 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ideal Industries… · near

59
Covestro Deutschland · near

59
K-tronics (SUZHOU)… · near

59
Medline Industries · this assignee

59
VigNet Incorporated · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medline's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (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 Medline?

Each dot is one of Medline’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). Medline’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Medline's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Medline Industries, LP received 367 grants versus 345 in 2015–2019 (+6% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 105 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 42. Lead class A61B accounts for 17.9% of the portfolio across 80 subclasses. Volume neighbours: MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. (#588) and Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation (#596).

Medline's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medline Industries, LP moved from 266 to 185 grants (0.69x 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 #2,169. See the growth leaderboard.

Mediatek Singapor…

761
Hanon Systems

758
Pacesetter

754
adidas

754
Shenzhen Goodix T…

753
Medline Industries ◀

753
Spigen Korea

749
The Toronto-domin…

748
Steering Solution…

747

What this shows Medline holds 753 patents at rank #592, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medline

By rank, the assignees closest to #592 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medline, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Medline ranks #136 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Covestro Deutschland AG 59 K-tronics (SUZHOU) Technology Co., Ltd. 59 VigNet Incorporated 59 Ideal Industries Lighting LLC 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.3 here).

Hitachi High-tech Corporation 10.3 avg Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd. 10.3 avg Whirlpool S.A. 10.3 avg Valeo Japan Co., Ltd. 10.3 avg

Medline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 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 · 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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Medline Industries, LP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	5.6%
2016	60	8.0%
2017	88	11.7%
2018	71	9.4%
2019	84	11.2%
2020	105	13.9%
2021	77	10.2%
2022	56	7.4%
2023	77	10.2%
2024	52	6.9%
2025partial year	41	5.4%

Which technologies does Medline Industries, LP patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 135

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 100

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 88

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 45

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 40

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 38

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 38

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 33

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 31

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 26

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 21

A47H - Furnishings FOR Windows OR Doors 12

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 10

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

Top 15 of 80 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

Medline Industries, LP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medline Industries, LP's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 17.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #592 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medline Industries, LP against MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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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