USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 24 technology areas, active 2016–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

17.5

Avg claims per patent

+85%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

St. holds 97 US patents across 24 technology areas, rank #3,748 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,748
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +85%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l. has been granted 97 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l. at rank #3,748 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 24 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, St. sits between Packsize, Llc (97 patents, rank #3,744) and Skip Hop, Inc. (97 patents, rank #3,752) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 50.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 63 grants, compared with 34 in the 2015–2019 window, a +85% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l.'s 17.5 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 24 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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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.

St.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 50,000 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%
2025	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

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,748

Across all 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?

Frequently Asked Questions

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 granted patents filed 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. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing 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. The company has filed patents in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

ST. JUDE Medical International Holding S.á R.l.'s recent filing velocity is +85% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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 falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

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.

How to use this portfolio

St.'s 97 grants land it in the top 14% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - St. ranks #3,748 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A61B - see who else leads that technology area. A61B leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.