Where does Direct Flow Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Direct Flow Medical, Inc. ranks #46,176 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 Direct Flow Medical, Inc. hold?

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2017, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.3 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s patents?

Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 Direct Flow Medical, 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

Direct Flow Medical, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Direct Flow Medical, Inc. focus on?

Direct Flow Medical, 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 5 patents, ranking #1,191 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2017. 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, Direct ranks #46,176 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 10 technology areas.

#46,176
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.3/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46176 · US Corporation #46,176 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,176/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digital Medical
CPC-FOCUS A61F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digital Medical Technologies, LLC (±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 Direct’s 30.3 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 6.2 pts (20%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Direct Flow Medical · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Direct's Innovation Score is 30.3/100 (34th 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 Direct?

Each dot is one of Direct’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). Direct’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Direct's grants concentrate

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Direct sits between Digital Medical Technologies, LLC and Displax S.A..

Digital Medical

5
Digital Rise Tech…

5
Digitalocean

5
Dimension

5
Discgenics

5
Discount Ramps com

5
Dishcare

5
Displax

5
Direct Flow Medic… ◀

5

What this shows Direct holds 5 patents at rank #46,286, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Direct

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,286 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Direct's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Direct Flow Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	80.0%
2017	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Direct Flow Medical, 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 5

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

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 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

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

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Direct Flow Medical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Direct Flow Medical, 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #46,176 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Direct Flow Medical, Inc. against Digital Medical Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.3/100 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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