Where does St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. ranks #1,153 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, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. hold?

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. holds 368 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.2 out of 100 (top 6% 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, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. focus on?

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 323 patents, ranking #65 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s patents?

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.

Q: How is the St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 368 granted patents across 43 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, St. ranks #1,153 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 368 patents across 43 technology areas.

#1,153
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1153 · US Corporation #1,153 · 368 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 368 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,153/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gulfstream Aerospace
CPC-WIDE A61B · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (±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 56.2 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 20.4 pts (36%) Velocity 2.3 pts (4%) Breadth 23.2 pts (41%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boehringer Ingelheim… · near

56
Skylo · near

56
St Jude Medical… · this assignee

56
Hyundai Kefico · near

56
Tadano · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows St.'s Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (top 6% 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 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 87.8% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (60 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, St. sits between Mars, Incorporated and Enplas Corporation.

St.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. moved from 99 to 34 grants (0.34x 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 #2,949. See the growth leaderboard.

Mars Incorporated

369
Oakley

369
Gulfstream Aerosp…

368
KT&G

368
Trustees OF Dartm…

368
Yeda Research AND…

368
St Jude Medical A… ◀

368
Convida Wireless

367
Enplas

367

What this shows St. holds 368 patents at rank #1,153, 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 #1,153 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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 A61B (Diagnosis), St ranks #65 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GMBH 56 Skylo Technologies, Inc. 56 Tadano Ltd. 56 Hyundai Kefico Corporation 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 17.2 avg Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH 17.2 avg MicroVention, Inc. 17.2 avg Sorin CRM SAS 17.2 avg

St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	60	16.3%
2016	59	16.0%
2017	60	16.3%
2018	50	13.6%
2019	44	12.0%
2020	30	8.2%
2021	25	6.8%
2022	17	4.6%
2023	12	3.3%
2024	5	1.4%
2025partial year	6	1.6%

Which technologies does St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 323

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 151

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 54

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 44

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 15

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 14

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 12

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 9

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 8

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 6

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 6

Top 15 of 43 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, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 87.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #1,153 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare St. Jude Medical, Atrial Fibrillation Division, Inc. against Mars, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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.

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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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