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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Outset Medical, Inc. ranks #18,994 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 Outset Medical, Inc. hold?

Outset Medical, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Outset Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Outset Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Outset Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Outset Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Outset Medical, Inc.'s patents average 12.3 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 Outset 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

Outset Medical, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Outset Medical, Inc. focus on?

Outset Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 15 patents, ranking #479 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Outset ranks #18,994 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,994
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18994 · US Corporation #18,994 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,994/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orbsen Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW A61M · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orbsen Therapeutics 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 Outset’s 47.5 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 9.6 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 10.6 pts (22%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Outset Medical · this assignee

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Outset's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Outset?

Each dot is one of Outset’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). Outset’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Outset's grants concentrate

Outset Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Outset sits between Orbsen Therapeutics Limited and Pacificedge Limited.

Outset's three-year grant acceleration

Outset Medical, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Orbsen Therapeuti…

15
Otago Innovation

15
Otter ai

15
Outerwall

15
Oxyrane UK

15
Pablo AIR

15
Pacific GAS AND E…

15
Pacificedge

15
Outset Medical ◀

15

What this shows Outset holds 15 patents at rank #18,990, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Outset

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,990 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Outset's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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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Outset Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.7%
2016	3	20.0%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	2	13.3%
2020	1	6.7%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Outset Medical, Inc. patent most?

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 15

B01D - Separation 9

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

F24H - Fluid Heaters, e.g. Water OR AIR Heaters, Having Heat-generating Means, e.g. Heat Pumps, IN General 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 3

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Outset Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Outset Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #18,994 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Outset Medical, Inc. against Orbsen Therapeutics Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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

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