Overall rank by patents
#10,188
of 50,000 tracked assignees
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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, St. ranks #10,188 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 9 technology areas.
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
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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Fox Chase Cancer Cen… · near
29 score
ST JUDE Medical AB · this assignee
29 score
Nevis Industries · near
29 score
Nvidia Technology UK · near
29 score
Unitract Syringe PTY · near
29 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows ST. JUDE Medical AB stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #10,188 of 50,000; Innovation Score 29.0/100 sits in the top 71% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland Gmbh (±0 grants).
ST. JUDE Medical AB has been granted 31 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing ST. JUDE Medical AB at #10,188 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 9 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY). As a Foreign Corporation, ST. JUDE Medical AB is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, St. sits between Siemens Energy AS (31 patents, rank #10,171) and Sangmyung University Industry-academy Cooperation Foundation (31 patents, rank #10,179) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 29.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 31 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. ST. JUDE Medical AB's 10.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 9 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SIEMENS ENERGY AS
31 patents
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
31 patents
SIONYX, LLC
31 patents
SST Systems, Inc
31 patents
STMicroelectronics (Malta) Ltd
31 patents
SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
31 patents
Sandvik Materials Technology Deutschland GmbH
31 patents
Sangmyung University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation
31 patents
ST. JUDE MEDICAL AB
31 patents
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.
By rank, the assignees closest to #10,175 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in ST's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ST, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).
St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
29 Top 71% higher than 29% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | 51.6% |
| 2016 | 10 | 32.3% |
| 2017 | 4 | 12.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 3.2% |
Top 9 of 9 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#10,188
of 50,000 tracked assignees
29.0 out of 100
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