Where does Olympus Medical Systems Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Olympus Medical Systems Corporation ranks #2,185 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 Olympus Medical Systems Corporation hold?

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation holds 180 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's Innovation Score?

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation has an Innovation Score of 66.6 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 Olympus Medical Systems Corporation focus on?

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 168 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's patents?

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's patents average 11.4 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 Olympus Medical Systems Corporation 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 Foreign Corporation

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 180 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Olympus ranks #2,185 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 180 patents across 38 technology areas.

#2,185
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.6/100): 11.4
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2185 · Foreign Corporation #2,185 · 180 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 180 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,185/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delavan
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delavan 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
Polaris Industries · near

67
Gree Electric… · near

67
Olympus Medical… · this assignee

67
University of Rhode… · near

67
THE Trustees OF… · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Olympus's Innovation Score is 66.6/100 (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.

Where Olympus's grants concentrate

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (109 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2023. By volume, Olympus sits between Delavan Inc. and Ansaldo Energia Switzerland AG.

Olympus's three-year grant acceleration

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation shows 33 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Delavan

180
Giesecke+Devrient…

180
Maplebear

180
Nipro

180
Samtec

180
Stmicroelectronic…

180
Sumitomo Seika Ch…

180
Olympus Medical S… ◀

180
Ansaldo Energia S…

179

What this shows Olympus holds 180 patents at rank #2,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Olympus

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Olympus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Gree Electric Appliances (WUHAN) Co., Ltd 67 University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees 67 Polaris Industries Inc. 67 THE Trustees OF Indiana University 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.4 here).

Korea Institute OF Machinery & Materials 11.4 avg Pegatron Corporation 11.4 avg Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd. 11.4 avg Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 11.4 avg

Olympus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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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Olympus Medical Systems Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	109	60.6%
2023	8	4.4%
2024	25	13.9%
2025partial year	38	21.1%

Which technologies does Olympus Medical Systems Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 168

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 42

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 30

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 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

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 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,185

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.6 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

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Olympus Medical Systems Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,185 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Olympus Medical Systems Corporation against Delavan Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.6/100 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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