Where does Physio-control, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Physio-control, Inc. ranks #1,718 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 Physio-control, Inc. hold?

Physio-control, Inc. holds 238 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Physio-control, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Physio-control, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.0 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Physio-control, Inc. focus on?

Physio-control, Inc.'s top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 141 patents, ranking #25 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Physio-control, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Physio-control, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Physio-control, Inc.'s patents?

Physio-control, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Physio-control, 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

Physio-control, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 238 granted patents across 40 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: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Physio-control ranks #1,718 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 238 patents across 40 technology areas.

#1,718
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1718 · US Corporation #1,718 · 238 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 238 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,718/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alipay (Hangzhou)…
CPC-WIDE A61N · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Physio-control’s 58.0 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 18.9 pts (33%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 22.4 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gudeng Precision… · near

58
Physio-control · this assignee

58
RealD Spark · near

58
Signode Industrial… · near

58
Panasonic Avionics · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Physio-control's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (top 5% 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 Physio-control?

Each dot is one of Physio-control’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). Physio-control’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Physio-control's grants concentrate

Physio-control, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 59.2% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (33 grants) versus a trough of 14 in 2022. By volume, Physio-control sits between Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Faraday & Future Inc..

Physio-control's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Physio-control, Inc. moved from 68 to 56 grants (0.82x 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 #1,749. See the growth leaderboard.

Alipay (Hangzhou)…

238
Children's Hospit…

238
KING COM

238
LX Semicon

238
Stripe

238
Triple WIN Techno…

238
Physio-control ◀

238
AVL List

237
Faraday & Future

237

What this shows Physio-control holds 238 patents at rank #1,718, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Physio-control

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,718 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Physio-control's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Physio-control, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), Physio-control ranks #25 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Signode Industrial Group LLC 58 RealD Spark, LLC 58 Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. 58 Panasonic Avionics Corporation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Dish Wireless L.L.C. 18.7 avg Samsara Inc. 18.7 avg Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. 18.7 avg Braskem S.A. 18.7 avg

Physio-control's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Physio-control, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	9.2%
2016	21	8.8%
2017	19	8.0%
2018	29	12.2%
2019	33	13.9%
2020	17	7.1%
2021	18	7.6%
2022	14	5.9%
2023	25	10.5%
2024	17	7.1%
2025partial year	23	9.7%

Which technologies does Physio-control, Inc. patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 141

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 95

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 80

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 41

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 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

H04B - Transmission 12

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 12

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 8

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 6

Top 15 of 40 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

Physio-control, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Physio-control, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 59.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #1,718 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Physio-control, Inc. against Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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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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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