Minerva Surgical, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 3 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Minerva ranks #5,172 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 3 technology areas.
- #5,172
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 25%
- by Innovation Score (44.8/100)
- 17.1
- avg claims per patent
- +52%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R5172 · US Corporation #5,172 · 67 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
- UPPER-Q #5,172/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Lodestar Licensing…
- CPC-NARROW A61B · 3 areas
- INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-SURGE +52% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Lodestar Licensing Group 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 Minerva’s 44.8 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Minerva
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Adata Technology · near
Adata Technology · near
45 score
- Experian Information… · near
Experian Information… · near
45 score
- Flytech Technology · near
Flytech Technology · near
45 score
- Minerva Surgical · this assignee
Minerva Surgical · this assignee
45 score
- SI-Bone · near
SI-Bone · near
45 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Minerva's Innovation Score is 44.8/100 (top 25% 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 Minerva?
Each dot is one of Minerva’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). Minerva’s own 17.1 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.
Where Minerva's grants concentrate
Minerva Surgical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Minerva sits between Lumileds Holding B.V. and National University of Ireland, Galway.
Minerva's three-year grant acceleration
Minerva Surgical, Inc. shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.
Who files at Minerva's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Lumileds Holding…
Lumileds Holding B.V.
67 patents
- Lodestar Licensin…
Lodestar Licensing Group LLC
67 patents
- Lumentum Japan
Lumentum Japan, Inc.
67 patents
- Mabuchi Motor
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.
67 patents
- Magna Powertrain
Magna Powertrain, Inc.
67 patents
- Moen Incorporated
Moen Incorporated
67 patents
- NCS Multistage
NCS Multistage Inc.
67 patents
- National Universi…
National University of Ireland, Galway
67 patents
- Minerva Surgical ◀
Minerva Surgical, Inc.
67 patents
What this shows Minerva holds 67 patents at rank #5,171, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Minerva
By rank, the assignees closest to #5,171 in granted patent volume.
- Lumileds Holding B.V. #5,167 · 67 patents
- Lodestar Licensing Group LLC #5,168 · 67 patents
- Lumentum Japan, Inc. #5,169 · 67 patents
- Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. #5,170 · 67 patents
- Magna Powertrain, Inc. #5,172 · 67 patents
- Moen Incorporated #5,173 · 67 patents
- NCS Multistage Inc. #5,174 · 67 patents
- National University of Ireland, Galway #5,175 · 67 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Minerva's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Minerva, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Minerva ranks #274 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.1 here).
Minerva's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 9.0% |
| 2016 | 4 | 6.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | 10.4% |
| 2018 | 4 | 6.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | 3.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | 7.5% |
| 2021 | 5 | 7.5% |
| 2022 | 7 | 10.4% |
| 2023 | 7 | 10.4% |
| 2024 | 11 | 16.4% |
| 2025partial year | 9 | 13.4% |
Which technologies does Minerva Surgical, Inc. patent most?
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Minerva Surgical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Minerva Surgical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #5,172 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Minerva Surgical, Inc. against Lumileds Holding B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 44.8/100 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.
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