Where does Boston Biomedical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Boston Biomedical, Inc. ranks #16,646 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 Boston Biomedical, Inc. hold?

Boston Biomedical, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Boston Biomedical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th 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 Boston Biomedical, Inc. focus on?

Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 15 patents, ranking #1,291 of 6,058 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -69% 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 Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s patents?

Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s patents average 24.7 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 Boston Biomedical, 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

Boston Biomedical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Boston ranks #16,646 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 6 technology areas.

#16,646
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 24.7
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16646 · US Corporation #16,646 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,646/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biosceptre (AUST) PTY
CPC-NARROW A61P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biosceptre (AUST) PTY Ltd (±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 Boston’s 33.5 Innovation Score adds up

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

Volume 10.0 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 14.8 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boston Biomedical · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Boston's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 Boston?

Each dot is one of Boston’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). Boston’s own 24.7 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.

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

Where Boston's grants concentrate

Boston Biomedical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 88.2% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Boston sits between Biosceptre (AUST) PTY Ltd and BTG International Inc..

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17
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17
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17
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17

What this shows Boston holds 17 patents at rank #16,635, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Boston

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,635 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

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

Boston's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Boston Biomedical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	6	35.3%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	4	23.5%

Which technologies does Boston Biomedical, Inc. patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 15

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 13

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 13

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

Top 6 of 6 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

Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Boston Biomedical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 88.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #16,646 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Boston Biomedical, Inc. against Biosceptre (AUST) PTY Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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.

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.