Where does Thoratec Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Thoratec Corporation ranks #5,043 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 Thoratec Corporation hold?

Thoratec Corporation holds 69 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Thoratec Corporation's Innovation Score?

Thoratec Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Thoratec Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Thoratec Corporation's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Thoratec Corporation's patents?

Thoratec Corporation's patents average 23.4 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 Thoratec Corporation 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

Thoratec Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Thoratec Corporation focus on?

Thoratec Corporation's top technology area is 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) with 61 patents, ranking #124 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 69 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Thoratec ranks #5,043 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 69 patents across 37 technology areas.

#5,043
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5043 · US Corporation #5,043 · 69 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 69 grants
UPPER-Q #5,043/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Telefónica
CPC-FOCUS A61M · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Telefónica, S.A (±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
Capsugel Belgium · near

50
Huizhou Kimree… · near

50
Nanoco · near

50
Thoratec · this assignee

50
Toyo Aluminium · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Thoratec's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Thoratec's grants concentrate

Thoratec Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 88.4% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thoratec sits between THE University OF Ottawa and University OF Oregon.

THE University OF…

69
Thyssenkrupp Pres…

69
Tornier

69
Telefónica

69
Turlen Holding

69
Turn 5

69
Universite DE Mon…

69
University OF Ore…

69
Thoratec ◀

69

What this shows Thoratec holds 69 patents at rank #5,045, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Thoratec

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,045 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Thoratec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into), Thoratec ranks #124 of 3,490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Capsugel Belgium NV 50 Nanoco Technologies, Ltd. 50 Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha 50 Huizhou Kimree Technology Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.4 here).

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt EN Zaadhandel B.V. 23.4 avg Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP 23.4 avg Kla-tencor Corporation 23.4 avg Matterport, Inc. 23.4 avg

Thoratec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Thoratec Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	42.0%
2016	24	34.8%
2017	13	18.8%
2018	1	1.4%
2019	2	2.9%

Which technologies does Thoratec Corporation patent most?

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 61

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 23

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 7

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 5

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 3

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

H04B - Transmission 2

Top 15 of 37 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,043

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

50.2 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

Thoratec Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Thoratec Corporation's lead technology class is 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), 88.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #5,043 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Thoratec Corporation against THE University OF Ottawa, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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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