Where does ST. Jude Medical AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ST. Jude Medical AB ranks #10,188 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 ST. Jude Medical AB hold?

ST. Jude Medical AB holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is ST. Jude Medical AB's Innovation Score?

ST. Jude Medical AB has an Innovation Score of 29.0 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ST. Jude Medical AB focus on?

ST. Jude Medical AB's top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 30 patents, ranking #126 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is ST. Jude Medical AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ST. Jude Medical AB's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 ST. Jude Medical AB's patents?

ST. Jude Medical AB's patents average 10.7 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 ST. Jude Medical AB 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

ST. Jude Medical AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, St. ranks #10,188 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 9 technology areas.

#10,188
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.0/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10188 · Foreign Corporation #10,188 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,188/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sandvik Materials…
CPC-NARROW A61N · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH (±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 St.’s 29.0 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 12.0 pts (41%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fox Chase Cancer… · near

29
ST Jude Medical AB · this assignee

29
Nevis Industries · near

29
Nvidia Technology UK · near

29
Unitract Syringe PTY · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows St.'s Innovation Score is 29.0/100 (29th percentile 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 St.?

Each dot is one of St.’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). St.’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where St.'s grants concentrate

ST. Jude Medical AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 96.8% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, St. sits between Siemens Energy AS and Sangmyung University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation.

Siemens Energy AS

31
Sinclair Broadcas…

31
Sionyx

31
SST Systems

31
Stmicroelectronic…

31
Sunnybrook Health…

31
Sandvik Materials…

31
Sangmyung Univers…

31
ST Jude Medical AB ◀

31

What this shows ST. holds 31 patents at rank #10,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ST

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ST, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61N (Electrotherapy), ST ranks #126 of 1,943 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Nevis Industries LLC 29 Unitract Syringe PTY Ltd 29 Fox Chase Cancer Center 29 Nvidia Technology UK Limited 29

St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 29th percentile higher than 29% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ST. Jude Medical AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	51.6%
2016	10	32.3%
2017	4	12.9%
2019	1	3.2%

Which technologies does ST. Jude Medical AB patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 30

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

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 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 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

ST. Jude Medical AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ST. Jude Medical AB's lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 96.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #10,188 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ST. Jude Medical AB against Siemens Energy AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.0/100 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

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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