Where does ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. ranks #3,752 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 International Holding S.Á R.L. hold?

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s Innovation Score?

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% 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 International Holding S.Á R.L. focus on?

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 94 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s recent grant velocity is +74% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s patents?

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s patents average 17.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.

Q: How is the ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. 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 - 97 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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 #3,752 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 24 technology areas.

#3,752
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3752 · Foreign Corporation #3,752 · 97 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,752/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Packsize
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +74% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Packsize, LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Suzhou China Star… · near

50
Harsco · near

50
ST Jude Medical… · this assignee

50
Hunter Engineering · near

50
S V V Technology… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows St.'s Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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.

Where St.'s grants concentrate

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 96.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, St. sits between Packsize, LLC and Skip Hop, Inc..

St.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. moved from 39 to 37 grants (0.95x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Packsize

97
Passivelogic

97
Rockwool Internat…

97
Shin TAI Spurt Wa…

97
Straumann Holding

97
Sealed Air (US)

97
Sirius XM Radio

97
Skip Hop

97
ST Jude Medical I… ◀

97

What this shows ST. holds 97 patents at rank #3,748, 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 #3,748 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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Harsco Technologies LLC 50 Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 50 S.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc. 50 Hunter Engineering Company 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

TriVascular, Inc. 17.5 avg George Mason University 17.5 avg E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH 17.5 avg Arctic Cat Inc. 17.5 avg

St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.0%
2017	5	5.2%
2018	11	11.3%
2019	17	17.5%
2020	12	12.4%
2021	10	10.3%
2022	7	7.2%
2023	17	17.5%
2024	13	13.4%
2025partial year	4	4.1%

Which technologies does ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 94

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 32

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 8

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

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 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

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 3

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,752

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 96.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #3,752 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ST. Jude Medical International Holding S.Á R.L. against Packsize, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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