Where does 7D Surgical Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 7D Surgical Inc. ranks #15,077 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 7D Surgical Inc. hold?

7D Surgical Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is 7D Surgical Inc.'s Innovation Score?

7D Surgical Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 7D Surgical Inc. focus on?

7D Surgical Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 15 patents, ranking #1,165 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is 7D Surgical Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

7D Surgical Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -27% 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 7D Surgical Inc.'s patents?

7D Surgical Inc.'s patents average 21.7 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 7D Surgical 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 Foreign Corporation

7D Surgical Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, 7D ranks #15,077 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 10 technology areas.

#15,077
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15077 · Foreign Corporation #15,077 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,077/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 2Pi-Sigma
CPC-FOCUS A61B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 2Pi-Sigma Corp. (±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 7D’s 35.3 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 0.7 pts (2%) Breadth 11.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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7D Surgical · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows 7D's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 7D?

Each dot is one of 7D’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). 7D’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

7D vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where 7D's grants concentrate

7D Surgical Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 78.9% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, 7D sits between phenox GmbH and Adom, Advanced Optical Technologies Ltd..

7D's three-year grant acceleration

7D Surgical Inc. shows 1 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.

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2pi-sigma

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ACT

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ADA Foundation

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Aderans

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Adom Advanced Opt…

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7D Surgical ◀

19

What this shows 7D holds 19 patents at rank #15,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 7D

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 7D's primary technology class.

7D's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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7D Surgical Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	2	10.5%
2017	1	5.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	2	10.5%
2020	6	31.6%
2021	1	5.3%
2023	1	5.3%

Which technologies does 7D Surgical Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 15

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 1

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

7D Surgical Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

7D Surgical Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 78.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #15,077 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 7D Surgical Inc. against phenox GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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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