Where does Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. ranks #1,931 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 Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. hold?

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. holds 208 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s Innovation Score?

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. has an Innovation Score of 45.9 out of 100 (top 22% 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 Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. focus on?

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 202 patents, ranking #98 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s patents?

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s patents average 17.7 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 Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. 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

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 208 granted patents across 17 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medtronic ranks #1,931 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 208 patents across 17 technology areas.

#1,931
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.9/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1931 · Foreign Corporation #1,931 · 208 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 208 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,931/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Becton Dickinson…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Becton Dickinson France (±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 Medtronic’s 45.9 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 18.5 pts (40%) Velocity 2.3 pts (5%) Breadth 14.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FAR Eastern NEW… · near

46
Medtronic Ardian… · this assignee

46
SoundHound · near

46
The Methodist Hospital · near

46
The United States… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 45.9/100 (top 22% 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 Medtronic?

Each dot is one of Medtronic’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). Medtronic’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Medtronic's grants concentrate

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 97.1% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (33 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Medtronic sits between The Charles Machine Works, Inc. and Cole Haan LLC.

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. moved from 71 to 24 grants (0.34x 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 #2,956. See the growth leaderboard.

The Charles Machi…

209
Becton Dickinson…

208
Fiskars Finland O…

208
JT International

208
Novozymes

208
Rain Bird

208
Zephyros

208
Medtronic Ardian… ◀

208
Cole Haan

207

What this shows Medtronic holds 208 patents at rank #1,931, 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 #1,931 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 #98 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

SoundHound, Inc. 46 The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 46 The Methodist Hospital 46 FAR Eastern NEW Century Corporation 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Cubic Corporation 17.7 avg DeLaval Holding AB 17.7 avg CommScope Connectivity Belgium Bvba 17.7 avg Utah State University 17.7 avg

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	33	15.9%
2016	31	14.9%
2017	21	10.1%
2018	26	12.5%
2019	33	15.9%
2020	20	9.6%
2021	18	8.7%
2022	21	10.1%
2023	3	1.4%
2025partial year	2	1.0%

Which technologies does Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 202

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 155

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 80

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 45

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 10

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

C12Y - Enzymes 4

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 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 2

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 2

Top 15 of 17 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

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 97.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,931 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.A.R.L. against The Charles Machine Works, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.9/100 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.

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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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