Where does Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. ranks #3,743 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 Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. hold?

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. focus on?

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 85 patents, ranking #207 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +126% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s patents?

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, 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

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Nuvasive ranks #3,743 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 13 technology areas.

#3,743
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +126%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3743 · US Corporation #3,743 · 97 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,743/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Koninklijke Philips
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +126% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (±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 Nuvasive’s 52.4 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 15.8 pts (30%) Velocity 12.5 pts (24%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biofire Defense · near

52
National University… · near

52
Board OF Trustees… · near

52
Nuvasive Specialized… · this assignee

52
Rittal & KG · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nuvasive's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Nuvasive?

Each dot is one of Nuvasive’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). Nuvasive’s own 18.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Nuvasive vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Nuvasive's grants concentrate

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 87.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Nuvasive sits between Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV and OrCam Technologies Ltd..

Nuvasive's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. moved from 25 to 47 grants (1.88x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Koninklijke Phili…

97
Korea Institute o…

97
Lord

97
Mobile Technology

97
New York Air Brake

97
Niantic

97
Novell

97
Orcam

97
Nuvasive Speciali… ◀

97

What this shows Nuvasive holds 97 patents at rank #3,739, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nuvasive

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,739 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Nuvasive's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nuvasive, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Nuvasive ranks #207 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Rittal GMBH & Co. KG 52 Board OF Trustees OF THE University OF Illinois 52 National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University 52 Biofire Defense, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

Essential Products, Inc. 18.8 avg Research Triangle Institute 18.8 avg Movandi Corporation 18.8 avg Maplebear Inc. 18.8 avg

Nuvasive's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	5.2%
2017	5	5.2%
2018	6	6.2%
2019	11	11.3%
2020	7	7.2%
2021	7	7.2%
2022	17	17.5%
2023	12	12.4%
2024	18	18.6%
2025partial year	9	9.3%

Which technologies does Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 85

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 29

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 5

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 3

A61G - Transport, Personal Conveyances, OR Accommodation Specially Adapted FOR Patients OR Disabled Persons ; Operating Tables OR CHAIRS; Chairs FOR DENTISTRY; Funeral Devices 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

H04Q - Selecting 2

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 2

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 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 87.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #3,743 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. against Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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