Where does Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC ranks #5,231 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 Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC hold?

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC holds 66 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's Innovation Score?

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC focus on?

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 62 patents, ranking #297 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's patents?

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's patents average 14.4 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 Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC 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

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 66 granted patents across 13 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, Medtronic ranks #5,231 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 66 patents across 13 technology areas.

#5,231
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5231 · US Corporation #5,231 · 66 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 66 grants
UPPER-Q #5,231/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Landis+Gyr
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Landis+Gyr AG (±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
Electric Sky Holdings · near

40
Harima Chemicals… · near

40
Kaufman & Robinson · near

40
Medtronic Ablation… · this assignee

40
Nico · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Medtronic's grants concentrate

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 93.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Medtronic sits between Landis+Gyr AG and Netlist, Inc..

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Landis+Gyr

66
Ludwig-maximilian…

66
Mapsted

66
Mayekawa MFG

66
Magseis FF

66
Mead Johnson Nutr…

66
Mobius Imaging

66
Netlist

66
Medtronic Ablatio… ◀

66

What this shows Medtronic holds 66 patents at rank #5,229, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Medtronic

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,229 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Medtronic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Medtronic ranks #297 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Harima Chemicals, Incorporated 40 Electric Sky Holdings, Inc. 40 Kaufman & Robinson, Inc. 40 Nico Corporation 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Hyperconnect LLC 14.4 avg Powertech Technology Inc. 14.4 avg H. LEE Moffitt Cancer Center AND Research Institute Inc. 14.4 avg Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd. 14.4 avg

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% 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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Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	25.8%
2016	12	18.2%
2017	10	15.2%
2018	9	13.6%
2019	6	9.1%
2020	2	3.0%
2021	3	4.5%
2022	1	1.5%
2023	1	1.5%
2024	4	6.1%
2025partial year	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 62

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 14

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 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

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 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,231

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.5 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

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 93.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #5,231 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic Ablation Frontiers LLC against Landis+Gyr AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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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