USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 570 granted patents across 75 technology areas, active 2015–2025. 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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570

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

15.8

Avg claims per patent

-25%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

The holds 570 US patents across 75 technology areas, rank #809 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#809
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -25%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has been granted 570 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing The Cleveland Clinic Foundation at rank #809 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 75 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a US Corporation, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, The sits between Gyrus ACMI, Inc. (572 patents, rank #805) and Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (565 patents, rank #813) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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 245 grants, compared with 325 in the 2015–2019 window, a -25% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US 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. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's 15.8 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 75 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark The Cleveland Clinic Foundation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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565

What this shows The holds 570 patents at rank #809, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #809 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in The's primary technology class.

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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The Cleveland Clinic Foundation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	77	13.5%
2016	57	10.0%
2017	73	12.8%
2018	58	10.2%
2019	60	10.5%
2020	54	9.5%
2021	48	8.4%
2022	43	7.5%
2023	40	7.0%
2024	35	6.1%
2025	25	4.4%

Which technologies does The Cleveland Clinic Foundation patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 244

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 133

A61K - PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES 120

A61P - SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS 89

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 83

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 75

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 71

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 66

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 46

C07K - PEPTIDES 34

C12Q - MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS ; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES 28

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 27

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 27

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 26

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 25

Top 15 of 75 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#809

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.3 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 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation hold?

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation holds 570 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 75 technology areas.

What is The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's Innovation Score?

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has an Innovation Score of 61.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Cleveland Clinic Foundation focus on?

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION) with 244 patents. The company has filed patents in 75 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's recent filing velocity is -25% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's patents?

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation's patents average 15.8 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 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

The's 570 grants land it in the top 3% 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 - The ranks #809 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.