Where does Cynosure, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cynosure, LLC ranks #8,184 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 Cynosure, LLC hold?

Cynosure, LLC holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Cynosure, LLC's Innovation Score?

Cynosure, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cynosure, LLC focus on?

Cynosure, LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 26 patents, ranking #709 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cynosure, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cynosure, LLC's recent grant velocity is +130% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Cynosure, LLC's patents?

Cynosure, LLC's patents average 18.7 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 Cynosure, LLC 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

Cynosure, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 7 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, Cynosure ranks #8,184 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 7 technology areas.

#8,184
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +130%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8184 · US Corporation #8,184 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,184/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Biomed Valley…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +130% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Biomed Valley Discoveries, 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 Cynosure’s 40.5 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 12.7 pts (31%) Velocity 7.1 pts (18%) Breadth 9.4 pts (23%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Azurewave · near

40
Cynosure · this assignee

40
Ming Shin Tools · near

40
Samsung Techwin · near

40
YELLOWPAGES COM · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cynosure's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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 Cynosure?

Each dot is one of Cynosure’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). Cynosure’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cynosure's grants concentrate

Cynosure, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Cynosure sits between Biomed Valley Discoveries, Inc. and Cavendish Kinetics, Inc..

Cynosure's three-year grant acceleration

Cynosure, LLC shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Biomed Valley Dis…

39
Brose Fahrzeugtei…

39
Caci —Federal

39
Centro DE Ingenie…

39
Can't Live Withou…

39
Capbran Holdings

39
Catalina Marketing

39
Cavendish Kinetics

39
Cynosure ◀

39

What this shows Cynosure holds 39 patents at rank #8,175, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cynosure

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,175 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cynosure, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61B (Diagnosis), Cynosure ranks #709 of 7,127 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. 40 Azurewave Technologies, Inc. 40 YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC 40 Ming Shin Tools Co., Ltd. 40

Cynosure's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Cynosure, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.6%
2016	1	2.6%
2017	1	2.6%
2018	1	2.6%
2019	6	15.4%
2020	5	12.8%
2021	3	7.7%
2022	4	10.3%
2023	8	20.5%
2024	3	7.7%
2025partial year	6	15.4%

Which technologies does Cynosure, LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 26

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 23

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 18

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 7

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Cynosure, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cynosure, LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #8,184 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cynosure, LLC against Biomed Valley Discoveries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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.