Where does Spectranetics LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spectranetics LLC ranks #2,301 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 Spectranetics LLC hold?

Spectranetics LLC holds 170 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Spectranetics LLC's Innovation Score?

Spectranetics LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.3 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spectranetics LLC focus on?

Spectranetics LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 139 patents, ranking #134 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spectranetics LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spectranetics LLC's recent grant velocity is -49% 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 Spectranetics LLC's patents?

Spectranetics LLC's patents average 13.5 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.

How is the Spectranetics LLC 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

Spectranetics LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 170 granted patents across 18 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, Spectranetics ranks #2,301 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 170 patents across 18 technology areas.

#2,301
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2301 · US Corporation #2,301 · 170 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 170 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,301/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cyntec
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cyntec 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 Spectranetics’s 42.3 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 17.8 pts (42%) Velocity 1.4 pts (3%) Breadth 15.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Forward Entertainmen… · near

42
Fujikoki · near

42
Genfit · near

42
Simur · near

42
Spectranetics · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spectranetics's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (top 31% 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 Spectranetics?

Each dot is one of Spectranetics’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). Spectranetics’s own 13.5 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Spectranetics's grants concentrate

Spectranetics LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (29 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Spectranetics sits between Cyntec Co., Ltd. and 7-eleven, Inc..

Spectranetics's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Spectranetics LLC moved from 66 to 14 grants (0.21x 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 #3,079. See the growth leaderboard.

Cyntec

170
Energizer Brands

170
ITT Manufacturing…

170
Metaswitch Networ…

170
Sumitomo Bakelite

170
Sungrow Power Sup…

170
Ultrahaptics IP T…

170
Spectranetics ◀

170
7-eleven

169

What this shows Spectranetics holds 170 patents at rank #2,301, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spectranetics

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,301 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spectranetics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Spectranetics ranks #134 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Fujikoki Corporation 42 Genfit 42 Simur, Inc. 42 Forward Entertainment & Technology LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon 13.5 avg Amdocs Software Systems Limited 13.5 avg Flex Ltd. 13.5 avg Agfa Healthcare NV 13.5 avg

Spectranetics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Spectranetics LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	8.8%
2016	22	12.9%
2017	23	13.5%
2018	29	17.1%
2019	23	13.5%
2020	26	15.3%
2021	17	10.0%
2022	4	2.4%
2023	3	1.8%
2024	7	4.1%
2025partial year	1	0.6%

Which technologies does Spectranetics LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 139

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 61

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 56

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 23

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 9

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 15 of 18 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Spectranetics LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spectranetics LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #2,301 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spectranetics LLC against Cyntec Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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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