Where does Medtronic CryoCath LP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic CryoCath LP ranks #2,647 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 CryoCath LP hold?

Medtronic CryoCath LP holds 147 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Medtronic CryoCath LP's Innovation Score?

Medtronic CryoCath LP has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% 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 CryoCath LP focus on?

Medtronic CryoCath LP's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 146 patents, ranking #127 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medtronic CryoCath LP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medtronic CryoCath LP's recent grant velocity is -38% 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 CryoCath LP's patents?

Medtronic CryoCath LP's patents average 15.1 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 CryoCath 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 Foreign Corporation

Medtronic CryoCath LP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 147 granted patents across 20 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 #2,647 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 147 patents across 20 technology areas.

#2,647
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2647 · Foreign Corporation #2,647 · 147 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 147 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,647/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Interface Technology…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Interface Technology (ChengDu) 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 Medtronic’s 47.8 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 17.3 pts (36%) Velocity 5.6 pts (12%) Breadth 15.8 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Invensys Systems · near

48
Lensar · near

48
Medtronic CryoCath · this assignee

48
Muehlbauer & KG · near

48
Outward · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 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 CryoCath LP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 99.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (23 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2022. By volume, Medtronic sits between Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd. and Apollo Intelligent Driving Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd..

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medtronic CryoCath LP moved from 38 to 32 grants (0.84x 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 #1,683. See the growth leaderboard.

Interface Technol…

147
Intex Marketing

147
James R Glidewell…

147
Lotte Chemical

147
Quest Software

147
Sage Products

147
Unison Industries

147
Medtronic Cryocath ◀

147
Apollo Intelligen…

146

What this shows Medtronic holds 147 patents at rank #2,647, 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 #2,647 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 #127 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Outward, Inc. 48 Muehlbauer GMBH & Co. KG 48 Invensys Systems, Inc. 48 Lensar, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.1 here).

ABB Technology AG 15.1 avg Goodrich Lighting Systems, Inc. 15.1 avg Nuovo Pignone SRL 15.2 avg Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 CryoCath LP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	10.9%
2016	14	9.5%
2017	18	12.2%
2018	23	15.6%
2019	16	10.9%
2020	9	6.1%
2021	13	8.8%
2022	7	4.8%
2023	13	8.8%
2024	12	8.2%
2025partial year	6	4.1%

Which technologies does Medtronic CryoCath LP patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 146

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 40

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 8

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 7

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

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

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 20 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 CryoCath LP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic CryoCath LP's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 99.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,647 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic CryoCath LP against Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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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