Where does Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. ranks #24,018 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 Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. hold?

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. focus on?

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 11 patents, ranking #1,592 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s patents?

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Boss Instruments, Ltd., 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

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 1 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boss ranks #24,018 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 1 technology areas.

#24,018
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24018 · US Corporation #24,018 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,018/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BoardActive
CPC-NARROW A61B · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BoardActive 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 Boss’s 36.8 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 8.6 pts (23%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 3.5 pts (10%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Boss's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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 Boss?

Each dot is one of Boss’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). Boss’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Boss's grants concentrate

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Boss sits between BoardActive Corporation and Brain Games, L.C..

Boss's three-year grant acceleration

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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 Boss holds 11 patents at rank #24,024, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boss

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,024 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Boss's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2018	4	36.4%
2019	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2022	4	36.4%

Which technologies does Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 11

Top 1 of 1 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

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #24,018 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boss Instruments, Ltd., Inc. against BoardActive Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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.