Juristat Top Patent Firms | Medical Devices/Healthcare

Medical device portfolios aren’t one docket. Imaging probes, surgical robotics, implants, infusion systems, and hospital equipment encounter distinct examiner mixes and claim strategies. Ranking by allowance rate within A61B/A61F/A61M (and G06K where clinical instrumentation is central) isolates performance in the technology you actually prosecute. It levels the field across firm size and mix and centers the outcome clients care about: Did the work convert to granted rights in this industry? CPC granularity keeps comparisons apples-to-apples, so an implant specialist isn’t measured against a diagnostics-heavy docket, and vice versa.

The result: fair, comparable standings you can defend in a partner meeting or an RFP.

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How we define the medical devices/hospital & healthcare industry

This domain spans diagnostics, surgical tools, implants, hospital equipment, and clinical data capture—often overlapping with biotech and health IT. To keep comparisons fair and apples-to-apples, we anchor this view to CPC subclasses that most directly capture patient-facing devices and hospital systems. We emphasize A61B, A61F, A61M, and include G06K when claims center on clinical data capture/recognition used in care settings.

For multi-industry filings, we classify by the primary CPC and standardized rules documented in the methodology.

Learn more about our methodology. →

Medical Devices & Healthcare - Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner

Firms with more than 100 applications filed or disposed in the fixed 12-month window. We disclose the coverage dates on the methodology page.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze are assigned within each category split by thirds among eligible firms. Exact ties share the same designator.

No! Firms do not have to use Juristat, nor do they need to apply to participate in the rankings. The Top Patent Firm rankings are powered by our industry-leading database of more than 10 million patent applications. This is the very same database that makes our tools so robust.