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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. ranks #6,813 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 PS Medical, Inc. hold?

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. holds 49 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% 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 PS Medical, Inc. focus on?

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 38 patents, ranking #502 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -29% 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 PS Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 PS Medical, 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 PS Medical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 49 granted patents across 12 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 #6,813 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 49 patents across 12 technology areas.

#6,813
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6813 · US Corporation #6,813 · 49 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 49 grants
UPPER-Q #6,813/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Malvern Panalytical
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Malvern Panalytical Limited (±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 42.2 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 13.5 pts (32%) Velocity 5.7 pts (14%) Breadth 12.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Iseki & · near

42
Medtronic PS Medical · this assignee

42
Seven Bridges Genomics · near

42
Sybase · near

42
Pyeong Hwa Automotive · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 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 PS Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 77.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Medtronic sits between Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG and National University Corporation Tottori University.

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Mekra Lang & KG

49
Malvern Panalytic…

49
Maxpower Semicond…

49
Medtronic Monitor…

49
Metawave

49
Mitsubishi Logisn…

49
Myongji Universit…

49
National Universi…

49
Medtronic PS Medi… ◀

49

What this shows Medtronic holds 49 patents at rank #6,814, 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 #6,814 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 #502 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Iseki & Co., Ltd. 42 Seven Bridges Genomics Inc. 42 Sybase, Inc. 42 Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd. 42

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 PS Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.1%
2016	5	10.2%
2017	9	18.4%
2018	6	12.2%
2019	6	12.2%
2020	3	6.1%
2021	5	10.2%
2022	3	6.1%
2023	7	14.3%
2024	2	4.1%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 38

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

B23B - TURNING; Boring 8

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B23C - Milling 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 3

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 1

Top 12 of 12 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 PS Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 77.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #6,813 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic PS Medical, Inc. against Mekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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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