Where does ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. ranks #609 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, Cardiology Division, Inc. hold?

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. holds 727 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.4 out of 100 (top 2% 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, Cardiology Division, Inc. focus on?

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 426 patents, ranking #40 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

Is ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +35% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s patents?

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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, Cardiology 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 727 granted patents across 47 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 #609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 727 patents across 47 technology areas.

#609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.4/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +35%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R609 · US Corporation #609 · 727 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 727 grants
TOP-DECILE #609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SMC
CPC-WIDE A61B · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +35% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SMC Corporation (±1 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 62.4 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 22.8 pts (36%) Velocity 6.3 pts (10%) Breadth 24.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amkor Technology… · near

62
Rolls-Royce North… · near

62
ST Jude Medical… · this assignee

62
ABS Global · near

62
Sorbonne Universite · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows St.'s Innovation Score is 62.4/100 (top 2% 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 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 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, Cardiology Division, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 58.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (91 grants) versus a trough of 29 in 2015. By volume, St. sits between Logitech Europe S.A. and Council OF Scientific AND Industrial Research.

St.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. moved from 244 to 229 grants (0.94x 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 #1,361. See the growth leaderboard.

Logitech Europe

731
Michelin Recherch…

729
SMC

728
TCL China Star Op…

728
ST Jude Medical C… ◀

727
Exxonmobil Resear…

724
Seoul Viosys

723
Sanofi

721
Council OF Scient…

720

What this shows ST. holds 727 patents at rank #609, 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 #609 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 #40 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. 62 Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd. 62 Sorbonne Universite 62 ABS Global, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Hexion Inc. 15.3 avg University OF Oregon 15.3 avg Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. 15.3 avg Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 15.3 avg

St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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, Cardiology Division, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	4.0%
2016	41	5.6%
2017	61	8.4%
2018	74	10.2%
2019	83	11.4%
2020	91	12.5%
2021	70	9.6%
2022	82	11.3%
2023	61	8.4%
2024	86	11.8%
2025partial year	49	6.7%

Which technologies does ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 426

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 314

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 156

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 26

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 24

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 16

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 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

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 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 4

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 3

Top 15 of 47 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, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 58.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. against Logitech Europe S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.4/100 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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