Where does Edge Surgical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Edge Surgical, Inc. ranks #21,049 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 Edge Surgical, Inc. hold?

Edge Surgical, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Edge Surgical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Edge Surgical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd 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 Edge Surgical, Inc. focus on?

Edge Surgical, Inc.'s top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 13 patents, ranking #1,352 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Edge Surgical, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Edge Surgical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +450% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Edge Surgical, Inc.'s patents?

Edge Surgical, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Edge Surgical, 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

Edge Surgical, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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, Edge ranks #21,049 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 4 technology areas.

#21,049
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +450%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21049 · US Corporation #21,049 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,049/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ECP Incorporated
CPC-NARROW A61B · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +450% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ECP Incorporated (±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 Edge’s 32.9 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 (28%) Velocity 5.6 pts (17%) Breadth 7.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Edge Surgical · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Edge's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Edge?

Each dot is one of Edge’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). Edge’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Edge's grants concentrate

Edge Surgical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Edge sits between ECP Incorporated and Eirgen Pharma Ltd..

Edge's three-year grant acceleration

Edge Surgical, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

ECP Incorporated

13
Eddie Bauer

13
Edens Creations BV

13
Edge Medical Prop…

13
Edifire

13
Edra S P A

13
Egalet

13
Eirgen Pharma

13
Edge Surgical ◀

13

What this shows Edge holds 13 patents at rank #21,045, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Edge

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,045 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

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

Edge's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Edge Surgical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	15.4%
2020	3	23.1%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	3	23.1%

Which technologies does Edge Surgical, Inc. patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 13

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 7

B23B - TURNING; Boring 6

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

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Edge Surgical, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Edge Surgical, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #21,049 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Edge Surgical, Inc. against ECP Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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.