Where does Curt G. Joa, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Curt G. Joa, Inc. ranks #4,507 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 Curt G. Joa, Inc. hold?

Curt G. Joa, Inc. holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Curt G. Joa, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +21% 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 Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s patents?

Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Curt G. Joa, 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

Curt G. Joa, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Curt G. Joa, Inc. focus on?

Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 58 patents, ranking #98 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 20 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Curt ranks #4,507 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 20 technology areas.

#4,507
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4507 · US Corporation #4,507 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,507/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aspen Aerogels
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aspen Aerogels, 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 Curt’s 41.1 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 15.1 pts (37%) Velocity 3.1 pts (8%) Breadth 15.8 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Curt G Joa · this assignee

41
Intersect ENT · near

41
Oslo Universitetssyk… · near

41
Shenzhen Sunway… · near

41
Syniverse · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Curt's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 Curt?

Each dot is one of Curt’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). Curt’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Curt's grants concentrate

Curt G. Joa, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 74.4% of grants classified under A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Curt sits between Aspen Aerogels, Inc. and Forage Genetics International, LLC.

Curt's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Curt G. Joa, Inc. moved from 36 to 17 grants (0.47x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aspen Aerogels

78
Bracco Imaging S…

78
Basso Industry

78
Bender & KG

78
EberspÄCHER Clima…

78
Elekta AB (publ)

78
Fairchild Korea S…

78
Forage Genetics I…

78
Curt G Joa ◀

78

What this shows Curt holds 78 patents at rank #4,507, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Curt

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,507 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Curt, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), Curt ranks #98 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Syniverse Technologies, LLC 41 Oslo Universitetssykehus 41 Intersect ENT, Inc. 41 Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co., Ltd. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 11.8 avg Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 11.8 avg Canoo Technologies Inc. 11.8 avg Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 11.8 avg

Curt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Curt G. Joa, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.3%
2016	5	6.4%
2017	8	10.3%
2018	8	10.3%
2019	12	15.4%
2020	12	15.4%
2021	12	15.4%
2022	3	3.8%
2023	9	11.5%
2024	5	6.4%
2025partial year	3	3.8%

Which technologies does Curt G. Joa, Inc. patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 58

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 36

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 20

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 14

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 13

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 7

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 5

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

B31D - Making Articles OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper, NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses B31b OR B31c 1

B31F - Mechanical Working OR Deformation OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

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USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Curt G. Joa, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 74.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #4,507 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Curt G. Joa, Inc. against Aspen Aerogels, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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

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