Where does Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation ranks #1,809 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 Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation hold?

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation holds 225 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's Innovation Score?

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation has an Innovation Score of 61.6 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation focus on?

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 217 patents, ranking #97 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's patents?

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's patents average 17.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation

Q: How is the Philips Image Guided Therapy 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 PatentsView assignee record - 225 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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, Philips ranks #1,809 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 225 patents across 26 technology areas.

#1,809
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1809 · US Corporation #1,809 · 225 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 225 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,809/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Daegu Gyeongbuk…
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 26 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology (±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 Philips’s 61.6 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 18.7 pts (30%) Velocity 14.3 pts (23%) Breadth 18.0 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mattel · near

62
Philips Image… · this assignee

62
TidalX AI · near

62
Sonoco Development · near

62
Valeo Vision · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Philips's Innovation Score is 61.6/100 (top 3% 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 Philips?

Each dot is one of Philips’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). Philips’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Philips's grants concentrate

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 96.4% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (48 grants) versus a trough of 27 in 2021. By volume, Philips sits between SK Planet Co., Ltd. and Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l..

Philips's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation moved from 60 to 129 grants (2.15x 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 #180. See the growth leaderboard.

SK Planet

226
Wago Verwaltungsg…

226
Daegu Gyeongbuk I…

225
Koki Holdings

225
Thales DIS France…

225
Philips Image Gui… ◀

225
3D Systems

224
AFL Telecommunica…

224
Basell Poliolefin…

224

What this shows Philips holds 225 patents at rank #1,809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Philips

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Philips, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Philips ranks #97 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Mattel, Inc. 62 TidalX AI Inc. 62 Sonoco Development, Inc. 62 Valeo Vision 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Dürr Systems AG 17.5 avg InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. 17.5 avg SOCIÉTÉ BIC 17.5 avg Draka Comteq B.V. 17.5 avg

Philips's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	33	14.7%
2021	27	12.0%
2022	33	14.7%
2023	48	21.3%
2024	48	21.3%
2025partial year	36	16.0%

Which technologies does Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 217

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 48

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 47

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 23

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 18

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 16

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 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 7

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 6

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 4

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 4

Top 15 of 26 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

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 96.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,809 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Philips Image Guided Therapy Corporation against SK Planet Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.6/100 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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