Where does 3B Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 3B Medical, Inc. ranks #16,538 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 3B Medical, Inc. hold?

3B Medical, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is 3B Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

3B Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.0 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is 3B Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

3B Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for 3B Medical, Inc.'s patents?

3B Medical, Inc.'s patents average 13.1 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 3B Medical, Inc. 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

3B Medical, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does 3B Medical, Inc. focus on?

3B Medical, Inc.'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 11 patents, ranking #638 of 3,490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: 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, 3B ranks #16,538 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 8 technology areas.

#16,538
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.0/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: +1400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16538 · US Corporation #16,538 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,538/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 1st Detect
CPC-NARROW A61M · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 1st Detect Corporation (±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.

How 3B’s 33.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.0 pts (30%) Velocity 5.2 pts (16%) Breadth 10.0 pts (30%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
3B Medical · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows 3B's Innovation Score is 33.0/100 (43rd percentile 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for 3B?

Each dot is one of 3B’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). 3B’s own 13.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

3B vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 3B's grants concentrate

3B Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 64.7% 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 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, 3B sits between iPosi, Inc. and ACK Ventures Holdings, LLC.

3B's three-year grant acceleration

3B Medical, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

iposi

18
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18
1st Detect

17
3 Strike

17
Abion

17
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17
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17
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17
3B Medical ◀

17

What this shows 3B holds 17 patents at rank #16,538, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 3B

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,538 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61M (Devices FOR Introducing Media Into)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 3B's primary technology class.

3B's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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3B Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	5.9%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	6	35.3%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	3	17.6%
2024	3	17.6%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does 3B Medical, Inc. 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 11

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 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A62B - Devices, Apparatus OR Methods FOR Life-saving 1

B01D - Separation 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

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 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

3B Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

3B Medical, Inc.'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), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61M
Ranked #16,538 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 3B Medical, Inc. against iPosi, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.0/100 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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