Where does Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. ranks #20,932 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 Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. hold?

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 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 Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. focus on?

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 12 patents, ranking #1,451 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s patents?

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s patents average 12.8 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 Civco Medical Instruments Co., 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

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Civco ranks #20,932 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#20,932
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20932 · US Corporation #20,932 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #20,932/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chugai RO
CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chugai RO Co., 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 Civco’s 35.0 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 9.1 pts (26%) Velocity 11.1 pts (32%) Breadth 7.1 pts (20%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Civco Medical… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Civco's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (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 Civco?

Each dot is one of Civco’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). Civco’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Civco's grants concentrate

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Civco sits between Chugai RO Co., Ltd. and Cloudcar, Inc..

Civco's three-year grant acceleration

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. shows 5 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.

Chugai RO

13
CI Systems (Israe…

13
Cibus Europe B V

13
Cirocomm Technolo…

13
Clam

13
Clarcor

13
Classys

13
Cloudcar

13
Civco Medical Ins… ◀

13

What this shows Civco holds 13 patents at rank #20,908, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Civco

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,908 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Civco'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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	1	7.7%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	2	15.4%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	3	23.1%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 12

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #20,932 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Civco Medical Instruments Co., Inc. against Chugai RO Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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