Overall rank by patents
#24,785
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: 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 DEVICE).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Medtronic ranks #24,785 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R24785 · US Corporation #24,785 · 11 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Maxitrol Company (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Medtronic Corevalve · this assignee
22 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (top 90% 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.
Medtronic Corevalve Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under 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 DEVICE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Medtronic sits between Maxitrol Company and Meridian Innovation Pte Limited.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Maxitrol Company
11 patents
Med-Genesis, LLC
11 patents
Medical Specialties, Inc.
11 patents
Medovex Corp.
11 patents
Meetup, Inc.
11 patents
Meike Technology (Beijing) Ltd.
11 patents
Merge Labs Inc.
11 patents
Meridian Innovation Pte Limited
11 patents
Medtronic CoreValve LLC
11 patents
What this shows Medtronic holds 11 patents at rank #24,801, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #24,801 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Medtronic's primary technology class.
Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
22 Top 90% higher than 10% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 63.6% |
| 2016 | 3 | 27.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 9.1% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#24,785
of 50,000 tracked assignees
22.1 out of 100
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