Where does 908 Devices Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), 908 Devices Inc. ranks #22,104 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 908 Devices Inc. hold?

908 Devices Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is 908 Devices Inc.'s Innovation Score?

908 Devices Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does 908 Devices Inc. focus on?

908 Devices Inc.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 9 patents, ranking #228 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is 908 Devices Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

908 Devices Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% 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 908 Devices Inc.'s patents?

908 Devices Inc.'s patents average 24.3 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 908 Devices 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

908 Devices Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, 908 ranks #22,104 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#22,104
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 24.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22104 · US Corporation #22,104 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,104/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 460Medical
CPC-NARROW H01J · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 460Medical, Inc. (±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 908’s 31.3 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 8.9 pts (28%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 6.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 14.6 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
908 Devices · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows 908's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 908?

Each dot is one of 908’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). 908’s own 24.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where 908's grants concentrate

908 Devices Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, 908 sits between 460Medical, Inc. and AAA Internet Publishing Inc..

908's three-year grant acceleration

908 Devices Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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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What this shows 908 holds 12 patents at rank #22,104, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near 908

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,104 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in 908's primary technology class.

908's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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908 Devices Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	25.0%
2016	1	8.3%
2017	1	8.3%
2018	2	16.7%
2019	3	25.0%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	1	8.3%

Which technologies does 908 Devices Inc. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 9

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 3 of 3 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

908 Devices Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

908 Devices Inc.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #22,104 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare 908 Devices Inc. against 460Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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

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.