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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Medtronic Vascular, Inc. ranks #855 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 Vascular, Inc. hold?

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. holds 533 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

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

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +22% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.'s patents average 16.6 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 Vascular, 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 Vascular, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Medtronic Vascular, Inc. focus on?

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 383 patents. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 533 granted patents across 55 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Medtronic ranks #855 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 533 patents across 55 technology areas.

#855
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.0/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R855 · US Corporation #855 · 533 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 533 grants
TOP-DECILE #855/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH NuFlare Technology
CPC-WIDE A61F · 55 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: NuFlare Technology, Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
E Ink Holdings · near

63
Hayward Industries · near

63
Smith & Nephew · near

63
Spotify AB · near

63
Medtronic Vascular · this assignee

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Medtronic's Innovation Score is 63.0/100 (top 2% 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.

How Medtronic's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Medtronic Vascular, Inc. received 277 grants versus 227 in 2015–2019 (+22% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 65 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 34. Lead class A61F accounts for 71.9% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited (#851) and Arthrex, Inc. (#859).

Medtronic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Medtronic Vascular, Inc. moved from 174 to 166 grants (0.95x 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 #1,310. See the growth leaderboard.

Technion Research…

537
Medos Internation…

535
Veritas

535
Kyndryl

534
Nuflare Technology

533
Medtronic Vascular ◀

533
Micro Focus

532
Waters

531
Arthrex

526

What this shows Medtronic holds 533 patents at rank #855, 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 #855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Spotify AB 63 E Ink Holdings Inc. 63 Smith & Nephew PLC 63 Hayward Industries, Inc. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

Asia Optical Co., Inc. 16.6 avg Ergotron, Inc. 16.6 avg Ningde Amperex Technology Limited 16.6 avg SnapTrack, Inc. 16.6 avg

Medtronic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Vascular, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	42	7.9%
2016	47	8.8%
2017	34	6.4%
2018	41	7.7%
2019	63	11.8%
2020	65	12.2%
2021	46	8.6%
2022	56	10.5%
2023	61	11.4%
2024	49	9.2%
2025partial year	29	5.4%

Which technologies does Medtronic Vascular, Inc. patent most?

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 383

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 169

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 162

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 95

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 21

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 21

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 17

B21F - Working OR Processing OF Metal Wire 13

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 8

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 8

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 7

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#855

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 71.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #855 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Medtronic Vascular, Inc. against Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.0/100 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

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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

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