Overall rank by patents
#7,884
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 9 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: 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 #7,884 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 9 technology areas.
Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.a.r.l. has been granted 41 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.a.r.l. at #7,884 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 9 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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). As a Foreign Corporation, Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.a.r.l. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Medtronic sits between MQ Gaming, Llc (41 patents, rank #7,883) and Mylan Inc. (41 patents, rank #7,891) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 38.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 19 grants, compared with 20 in the 2015–2019 window, a -5% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.a.r.l.'s 15.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 9 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
MQ Gaming, LLC
41 patents
MUZIK INC.
41 patents
Magnolia White Corporation
41 patents
Marine Canada Acquisition Inc.
41 patents
Miba Gleitlager Austria GmbH
41 patents
Midtronics, Inc.
41 patents
Mobilitie, LLC
41 patents
Mylan Inc.
41 patents
Medtronic CV Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
41 patents
What this shows Medtronic holds 41 patents at rank #7,887, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,887 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)
39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 | 5 | 12.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 3 | 7.3% |
| 2018 | 4 | 9.8% |
| 2019 | 6 | 14.6% |
| 2020 | 3 | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | 9.8% |
| 2022 | 4 | 9.8% |
| 2023 | 3 | 7.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 12.2% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 4.9% |
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#7,884
of 50,000 tracked assignees
38.7 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Medtronic's 41 grants land it in the top 40% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.