Where does Medtronic Navigation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic Navigation, Inc. ranks #1,752 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 Navigation, Inc. hold?

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. holds 232 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Medtronic Navigation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.2 out of 100 (top 1% 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 Navigation, Inc. focus on?

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 221 patents, ranking #95 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +116% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s patents?

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Navigation, Inc. 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 Navigation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 232 granted patents across 38 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 #1,752 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 232 patents across 38 technology areas.

#1,752
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.2/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +116%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1752 · US Corporation #1,752 · 232 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 232 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,752/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Covestro
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +116% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covestro LLC (±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 65.2 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 18.8 pts (29%) Velocity 12.5 pts (19%) Breadth 21.8 pts (33%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bayerische Motoren… · near

65
Medtronic Navigation · this assignee

65
Mueller International · near

65
Baxter Healthcare · near

65
Gecko Robotics · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 65.2/100 (top 1% 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 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 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 Navigation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 95.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (37 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2016. By volume, Medtronic sits between United States Gypsum Company and Boston Dynamics, Inc..

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medtronic Navigation, Inc. moved from 50 to 94 grants (1.88x 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 #247. See the growth leaderboard.

United States Gyp…

233
Covestro

232
ENI S P A

232
Hydro-gear Partne…

232
OFS Fitel

232
Sling Media L L C

232
Trustees of Tufts…

232
Medtronic Navigat… ◀

232
Boston Dynamics

231

What this shows Medtronic holds 232 patents at rank #1,752, 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 #1,752 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 #95 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Mueller International, LLC 65 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 65 Baxter Healthcare SA 65 Gecko Robotics, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Infosys Limited 20.1 avg Callahan Cellular L.L.C. 20.1 avg Webroot Inc. 20.1 avg Atrium Medical Corporation 20.1 avg

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Navigation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	5.6%
2016	10	4.3%
2017	15	6.5%
2018	14	6.0%
2019	10	4.3%
2020	23	9.9%
2021	17	7.3%
2022	25	10.8%
2023	32	13.8%
2024	37	15.9%
2025partial year	36	15.5%

Which technologies does Medtronic Navigation, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 221

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 69

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 27

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 11

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 11

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 11

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 8

H05G - X-ray Technique 6

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 6

Top 15 of 38 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 Navigation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic Navigation, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 95.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,752 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic Navigation, Inc. against United States Gypsum Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.2/100 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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