Barron Associates, Inc.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Barron ranks #19,490 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 21 technology areas.
- #19,490
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 13%
- by Innovation Score (50.5/100)
- 19.3
- avg claims per patent
- +17%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R19490 · US Corporation #19,490 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
- MID-PACK #19,490/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Baden-Wuerttemberg…
- CPC-FOCUS A61B · 21 areas
- INNOV-PAR 50.5/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-UP +17% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung gGmbH (±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 Barron’s 50.5 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Barron
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Barron Associates · this assignee
Barron Associates · this assignee
50 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Barron's Innovation Score is 50.5/100 (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.
Does more volume mean deeper claims for Barron?
Each dot is one of Barron’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). Barron’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Barron's grants concentrate
Barron Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 28.6% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Barron sits between Brumis Imports, Inc. and Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc..
Barron's three-year grant acceleration
Barron Associates, Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.
Who files at Barron's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Brumis Imports
Brumis Imports, Inc.
14 patents
- Bwxt Isotope Tech…
Bwxt Isotope Technology Group, Inc.
14 patents
- Baden-wuerttember…
Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung gGmbH
14 patents
- Bando Kiko
Bando Kiko Co., Ltd
14 patents
- Bausch + Ströbel…
Bausch + Ströbel Maschinenfabrik Ilshofen GmbH + Co. KG
14 patents
- Bay Materials
Bay Materials, LLC
14 patents
- Beacon Technical…
Beacon Technical Systems, LLC
14 patents
- Behavioral Recogn…
Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc.
14 patents
- Barron Associates ◀
Barron Associates, Inc.
14 patents
What this shows Barron holds 14 patents at rank #19,513, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Barron
By rank, the assignees closest to #19,513 in granted patent volume.
- Brumis Imports, Inc. #19,509 · 14 patents
- Bwxt Isotope Technology Group, Inc. #19,510 · 14 patents
- Baden-Wuerttemberg Stiftung gGmbH #19,511 · 14 patents
- Bando Kiko Co., Ltd #19,512 · 14 patents
- Bausch + Ströbel Maschinenfabrik Ilshofen GmbH + Co. KG #19,514 · 14 patents
- Bay Materials, LLC #19,515 · 14 patents
- Beacon Technical Systems, LLC #19,516 · 14 patents
- Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. #19,517 · 14 patents
Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Barron's primary technology class.
- Covidien LP 5,709 in class
- Koniniklijke Philips N.V. 3,414 in class
- Olympus Corporation 2,758 in class
- Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 2,362 in class
- Cilag GmbH International 2,063 in class
- Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 1,921 in class
- DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 1,796 in class
- Ethicon, Inc. 1,762 in class
Barron'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
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 21.4% |
| 2024 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.1% |
Which technologies does Barron Associates, Inc. patent most?
Top 15 of 21 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Barron Associates, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Barron Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 28.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
- Ranked #19,490 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Barron Associates, Inc. against Brumis Imports, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 50.5/100 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.
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.