Where does Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. ranks #1,000 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 Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. hold?

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. holds 439 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 59.9 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. focus on?

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 387 patents, ranking #44 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s patents average 15.8 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 Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. 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

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 439 granted patents across 56 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samsung ranks #1,000 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 439 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,000
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.9/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1000 · Foreign Corporation #1,000 · 439 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 439 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,000/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vivint
CPC-WIDE A61B · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vivint LLC (±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 Samsung’s 59.9 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 21.0 pts (35%) Velocity 4.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
FFI Ionix IP · near

60
Sacmi Cooperativa… · near

60
Samsung Medison · this assignee

60
Sonitor AS · near

60
Siemens Energy · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samsung's Innovation Score is 59.9/100 (top 4% 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 Samsung?

Each dot is one of Samsung’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). Samsung’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Samsung's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. received 173 grants versus 253 in 2015–2019 (-32% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 64 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 19. Lead class A61B accounts for 88.2% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Siemens Industry, Inc. (#996) and Advantest Corporation (#1,004).

Samsung's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. moved from 143 to 94 grants (0.66x 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 #2,288. See the growth leaderboard.

Siemens Industry

442
Beta AIR

441
Shanghai Langbo C…

440
The Braun

440
Vivint

439
Samsung Medison ◀

439
Knorr-bremse Syst…

438
Nuvoton Technology

438
Advantest

437

What this shows Samsung holds 439 patents at rank #1,000, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samsung

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,000 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Samsung, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Samsung ranks #44 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa 60 Sonitor Technologies AS 60 FFI Ionix IP, Inc. 60 Siemens Energy, Inc. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.8 here).

The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc. 15.8 avg Innate Pharma 15.8 avg Abbott Laboratories 15.8 avg University of Central Florida Research Foundation 15.8 avg

Samsung's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	50	11.4%
2016	50	11.4%
2017	46	10.5%
2018	43	9.8%
2019	64	14.6%
2020	45	10.3%
2021	34	7.7%
2022	39	8.9%
2023	36	8.2%
2024	19	4.3%
2025partial year	13	3.0%

Which technologies does Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 387

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 155

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 124

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 74

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 56

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 39

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 34

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 13

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 8

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

Top 15 of 56 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

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,000 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samsung Medison Co., Ltd. against Siemens Industry, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.9/100 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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