Where does ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) ranks #21,826 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s Innovation Score?

ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) has an Innovation Score of 36.1 out of 100 (top 47% 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 Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) focus on?

ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 12 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s recent grant velocity is +40% 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 Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s patents?

ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)'s patents average 21.0 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 Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”)

Q: How is the ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) 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 - 13 granted patents across 11 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 #21,826 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 11 technology areas.

#21,826
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.1/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21826 · Foreign Corporation #21,826 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,826/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH SPORTPET DESIGNS
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sportpet Designs, Inc. (±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
ST JUDE Medical Luxe… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows St.'s Innovation Score is 36.1/100 (top 47% 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 Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, St. sits between Sportpet Designs, Inc. and Statoil GULF Services Llc.

Sportpet Designs

13
SRX Cardio

13
SSG International

13
ST Engineering Ae…

13
Stamicarbon B V A…

13
Staples THE Offic…

13
Starkeys

13
Statoil GULF Serv…

13
ST JUDE Medical L… ◀

13

What this shows ST. holds 13 patents at rank #21,761, 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 #21,761 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, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 50,000 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 Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	7.7%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	4	30.8%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does ST. JUDE Medical Luxembourg Holdings II S.a.r.l. (“sjm LUX Ii”) patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 12

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 6

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 5

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 5

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 3

H01Q - ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS 3

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 1

H04B - TRANSMISSION 1

G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE 1

G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE; MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT; THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,826

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

36.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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