Where does Medstar Health, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medstar Health, Inc. ranks #15,453 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 Medstar Health, Inc. hold?

Medstar Health, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Medstar Health, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Medstar Health, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.5 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Medstar Health, Inc. focus on?

Medstar Health, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 12 patents, ranking #1,451 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medstar Health, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medstar Health, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +225% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Medstar Health, Inc.'s patents?

Medstar Health, Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 Medstar Health, 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

Medstar Health, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 14 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, Medstar ranks #15,453 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 14 technology areas.

#15,453
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.5/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +225%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15453 · US Corporation #15,453 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,453/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH M-files OY
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +225% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: M-files OY (±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 Medstar’s 46.5 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 10.3 pts (22%) Velocity 15.0 pts (32%) Breadth 13.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Medstar Health · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medstar's Innovation Score is 46.5/100 (top 21% 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 Medstar?

Each dot is one of Medstar’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). Medstar’s own 13.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Medstar's grants concentrate

Medstar Health, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Medstar sits between M-files OY and Mestek, Inc..

Medstar's three-year grant acceleration

Medstar Health, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

M-files OY

19
Mankiewicz Gebr &…

19
Maquet SAS

19
Medi & KG

19
Medytox

19
Meiko

19
Merry (Suzhou)

19
Mestek

19
Medstar Health ◀

19

What this shows Medstar holds 19 patents at rank #15,441, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medstar

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,441 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Medstar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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Medstar Health, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2020	2	10.5%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	3	15.8%
2024	4	21.1%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Medstar Health, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

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 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 2

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 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

A41C - CORSETS; Brassieres 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07K - Peptides 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Medstar Health, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medstar Health, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #15,453 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medstar Health, Inc. against M-files OY, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.5/100 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.

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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